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Religion

Eliot Rosewater

(32,860 posts) Mon Oct 1, 2018, 05:14 PM Oct 2018

Just a note, garbage like Rump cant rise to power without religion. [View all]

Just sayin.

Without the absurdly stupid religious borderline morons who are KREEEEEEEEESSCHINS (not all, many, maybe most, not all) you cant have someone like this rise to power.

How many atheists are racists? Misogynists? Bigots?

I am gonna safely say under 10%, how many religious people are these things, WAY higher WAY.

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Just a note, garbage like Rump cant rise to power without religion. [View all] Eliot Rosewater Oct 2018 OP

you bring up an intersting question for me edhopper Oct 2018 #1

Religion by definition encourages or requires bigotry. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2018 #2

Unitarianism Major Nikon Oct 2018 #5

Why not gravitate to a philosophy that reinforces your bigotries? Major Nikon Oct 2018 #7

The thing that makes religion unique is its tendency to prep the mind... trotsky Oct 2018 #9

Pretty much. "If you'll believe this, you'll believe anything!" MineralMan Oct 2018 #10

They are blinded by their desire to stop women from getting abortions. gtar100 Oct 2018 #3

And it is NOT about fetus or baby for 90% of them Eliot Rosewater Oct 2018 #4

That's why I call them forced birthers Major Nikon Oct 2018 #6

I think it's more about control than punishment. MineralMan Oct 2018 #8

sure he can qazplm135 Oct 2018 #11

Oh no, not at all. VAST majority of atheists by definition would not be radically Eliot Rosewater Oct 2018 #12

lol qazplm135 Oct 2018 #13

Sorry but you are just wrong. THE CHARACTER traits of someone Eliot Rosewater Oct 2018 #14

I got it qazplm135 Oct 2018 #15

Trump came to power through the Electoral College, an invention of our "Founding Fathers" to control struggle4progress Oct 2018 #16