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Originally Posted by tenet_2012
"We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies. I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder."
--Bill Maher
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I'm not on Maher's side on this one, because he is ignoring the millions of people who are helped each year because of religious based efforts. I'm not saying I'm a believer. I am, however, glad that lots of people do believe and therefore do some good in the world. Many of those people would not give a crap about their neighbor if it weren't for the beliefs they hold about a diety and an afterlife.
The evil done by suicide bombers or right-wing racism do not represent the whole. Religions, like governments, need to be checked when they go wrong.
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