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Old 08-09-2011, 04:07 PM
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Can't respond with reason, so he resorts to youtube. Really sad, bro. Most atheists I talk to aren't this dense.
"Incompatible religious doctrines have balkanized our world into separate moral communities, and these divisions have become a continuous source of bloodshed. Indeed, religion is as much a living spring of violence today as it has been at any time in the past. The recent conflicts in Palestine (Jews vs. Muslims), the Balkans (Orthodox Serbians vs. Catholic Croatians; Orthodox Serbians vs. Bosnian and Albanian Muslims), Northern Ireland (Protestants vs. Catholics), Kashmir (Muslims vs. Hindus), Sudan (Muslims vs. Christians and animists), Nigeria (Muslims vs. Christians), Ethiopia and Eritrea (Muslims vs. Christians), Sri Lanka (Sinhalese Buddhists vs. Tamil Hindus), Indonesia (Muslims vs. Timorese Christians), Iran and Iraq (Shiite vs. Sunni Muslims), and the Caucasus (Orthodox Russians vs. Chechen Muslims; Muslim Azerbaijanis vs. Catholic and Orthodox Armenians) are merely a few cases in point. These are places where religion has been the explicit cause of literally millions of deaths in recent decades.



Why is religion such a potent source of violence? There is no other sphere of discourse in which human beings so fully articulate their differences from one another, or cast these differences in terms of everlasting rewards and punishments. Religion is the one endeavor in which us–them thinking achieves a transcendent significance. If you really believe that calling God by the right name can spell the difference between eternal happiness and eternal suffering, then it becomes quite reasonable to treat heretics and unbelievers rather badly. The stakes of our religious differences are immeasurably higher than those born of mere tribalism, racism, or politics."



— Sam Harris


by this time bard has posted again, polishing messi's dick. but i'm just copy pasta now. some random stuff. too tired to argue. still got lollamortis yall

edit: just posted. lol i called the bradaliciah thing so well.
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Old 08-09-2011, 04:13 PM
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Piff continues to prove his ignorance by copy n pasting irrelevant material to the conversation that he so obviously lost due to lack of ability to read (unfortunate, hooked on phonics didn't work for you I guess).

This is golden material yo', I won't need to make fun of you for like a year after this, because this whole thread is turning into a montage of Piffen Idiocy, self-perpetuated every time you choose to hit the post button.

Truthfully, we're all having a good laugh at your expense. Do continue! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
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Old 08-10-2011, 04:49 PM
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"Why is religion such a potent source of violence?"
— Sam Harris
lol, you realize Sam Harris calls for for a preemptive nuclear first strike on the Middle East in his first book, is a vocal supporter of the war in Iraq, and proudly defends and justifies the use of torture? and he wants to lecture us on violence?
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