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Re: Religion is ‘the new social evil’
^ ^ As an atheist I don't think that wars are solely caused by religion and I think that anyone who thinks that this is so, really ought to look into the wider aspects of whatever conflict they are interested in. I think it's lazy to do otherwise, however, the problem I find with religion is that is easily manipulated by people to justify conflict simply because the texts associated with the 3 main mono-theistic religions are so ambiguous and open to interpretation.
And this is the point about secularism. Secularism is not about subjugating religion, it's about ensuring that everyone has the personal right to believe whatever one wants without overriding the rights of the collective.
"Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be." - Frank Zappa
"The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike." - Huang Po
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