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Swede

(37,942 posts) Sun Nov 16, 2025, 04:48 PM Sunday

"Religion has given the world a tremendous amount of comfort... in a world torn apart by religion." Jon Stewart

Jon has a way with words.

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"Religion has given the world a tremendous amount of comfort... in a world torn apart by religion." Jon Stewart (Original Post) Swede Sunday OP

Religion will be our downfall pfitz59 Sunday #1

true .. to a certain extent stopdiggin Sunday #2

pfitz59

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1. Religion will be our downfall

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Sun Nov 16, 2025, 04:55 PM

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No 'Invisible Magical Wizard in the Sky' is coming to rescue us.

stopdiggin

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2. true .. to a certain extent

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Sun Nov 16, 2025, 05:29 PM

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on the other hand - it is probably more 'clever' - than anything really encompassing or profound.

In no way, shape or form an advocate or proponent ... And religion has plenty to answer for ...
But trying to imply that religion is the major, or even a primary cause of historical conflict ...
Is just willfully erroneous.

Religion can be employed as a 'tool' - (think propaganda and rationale) but the real driver is almost inevitably greed, power and acquisition.

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