Is there a God?

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Originally Posted by Teppler [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Religion itself is a stabilizing force.

That's quite debatable. A lot of human deaths throughout the course of our history have come in the name of religion. A lot of cultures have been destroyed because of aggressive conversion practices. If by stabilize you mean that after it's destroyed anything 'other' and supplanted itself as the primary practice of the majority left standing, then yes I agree.

And I'm not only referencing the atrocities of the past, because even today we have hate groups or terrorist organizations who use religion as the reason to inflict pain, suffering, and judgement upon others.