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I disagree, while its very serious to some, a lot of the world is culturally religious or if you go by many statistics a large number of the world is now non-religious/atheist/agnostic/dont care.. I think its fine people discuss and debate it, they feel the necessity. I don't see any use for religion anymore, at least the old organized religions that are pervasive in the world.
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I think one of the biggest fallacies of the "new atheists" is this idea that culture and God can be seperated once and for all with no negative effect.
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I'd be more at easy with a modern version of God which wasn't so handcuffed to historical rules and traditions which should have long ago been abandoned.
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I'd actually be MORE comfortable with a God tied to tradition, rule and ceremony. We seem to have precisely the opposite now.
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Not at all, just when you single out a group and make statements that that groups ideology is responsible for horrible atrocities when its an outright lie its very much deeply offensive.
But lets not forget, there are parts of this world where being openly atheist can cost you freedom or your life. There are routinely statements on main stream TV calling atheists all kinds of despicable things without anyone raising an eyebrow.
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Do you really think the Pope means Jim and Sally who are members of the British Humanist Association are as evil as the Nazis?