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Originally Posted by IROC
Whether or not "religion" serves any real benefit to society or not has no bearing at all on whether or not its basis (existence of a supernatural being) is true. Are you suggesting that we live our lives under a complete falsehood just because it may benefit some of those in society?
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"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. " Carl Sagan
"We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. " Carl Sagan
These two quotes sum up things pretty well. It is not so much religion that is the problem but the degree of ignorance required to support it.