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Originally Posted by Sliver
In the same way doctors go all over the world giving vaccines and condoms to the poorest people on earth, Religious Studies Departments - if they wanted to use the knowledge they have - could put boots on the ground and educate people.
As an example, in some African countries they'll kill you for being gay by using religious justifications. The scholars need to establish where in the bible that is coming from, then debunk it, then educate people on why using religious justifications to kill people is wrong.
Closer to home, they should have done the exact same thing in California when the Mormons launched their campaign to take away gay marriage from California. Instead, I didn't hear a single thing said from scholars of religious studies debunking the rationale of the religious person's voice, to the detriment of equal treatment of gay people.
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Holy ####, you seriously think that religious beliefs are the same as diseases. That's amazing.
Religious Studies Preacher (which is exactly what you are calling for):You see it says right there on page 296 that being gay is cool
African Tribal Warlord: Hmmm, mine was missing page 296. Well, let's throw on some Madonna and get fabulous.