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If there were no religions we'd come up with some other damn excuse to be assholes to people we don't want to include in the definition of "us" -- nm
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znufrii
Sep 2 '15, 13:54
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Sure, but they wouldn't have a divine authority. nm
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Dignan
Sep 2, 14:38
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People can have ideologies that are not religious. Ideology + certainty + "the ends justify the means" thinking can create plenty of evil. -- nm
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mara
Sep 2, 14:54
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Of course. But certainty is enhanced by the belief it is divinely inspired. nm
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Dignan
Sep 2, 15:24
They'd invent something else. -- nm
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znufrii
Sep 2, 14:42
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Makes the ideas stickier, for lack of a better term. -- (edited)
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znufrii
Sep 2, 14:22
I've read alot about the Crusades....and shit could be a whole lot worse... -- nm
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Beaker
Sep 2, 13:54
I think there was a Star Trek episode about this. -- nm
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Beryllium
Sep 2, 13:54
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