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Originally Posted by ignite09
If that's your opinion you're in the minority among Atheists. It also doesn't change my point of the most damaging parts of any religion is the direct result of religion being practiced by humanity. Remove humanity from religion, and you have a book of stories about love and salvation. However, remove religion from humanity, and you have the same greed/territorialism/hatred/envy/racism/deviancy that has existed since we were monkeys in trees throwing our crap at each other. I guess my main complaint is with anyone who wants to tie all our flaws as a species too religion. It's an ignorant cop-out.
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This is a very narrow and selective view of religion, consistent with the cherry-picking we often see when Christianity is discussed.
Your argument is incoherent. We don't stone our brides if they aren't a virgin on their wedding nights, do we? Do you think religion put an end to that or humanity decided that was a sh*t thing to do? For every statement of love and acceptance found in the holy text, you can find another one condoning violence, rape, or other clearly identifiable abuses.