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Atheists & Agnostics

Major Nikon

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6. Organized religion tends to prey on weaknesses

Reply to Manifestor_of_Light (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2016, 09:22 PM

Mar 2016

It's not that much different than a snake oil salesman that convinces you that there's something wrong and they alone have the miracle cure. Ironically that con game has probably been around since humans have been humans, so the Adam and Eve angle probably isn't all that far off.

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Doctors argued that women shouldn't get anesthetics in childbirth because of the bible. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2016 #4

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Organized religion tends to prey on weaknesses Major Nikon Mar 2016 #6

see The Elixir of Love for a dramatic version of the gullibility. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2016 #11

Yeah, I had one of those "wtf" moments Easter Sunday. progressoid Mar 2016 #12