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Re:A new book argues that violence laid the foundation for v... by torpfactory on Friday February 15, 2019 @12:46PM (#19172965)
So you believe in a religion because life.... is a battle of social structures in a Darwinian conflict over resources (and you better belong to the winning team)?
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Re:A new book argues that violence laid the foundation for v... by camelNotation on Friday February 15, 2019 @02:20PM (#19173849)
Yes.
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Re:A new book argues that violence laid the foundation for v... by pazimzadeh on Friday February 15, 2019 @04:08PM (#19174737)
Do you understand that religion being useful to groups of people at times has no relation to there being a god or not?
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Re:A new book argues that violence laid the foundation for v... by camelNotation on Sunday February 17, 2019 @07:45AM (#19184190)
It has a direct relation if the religion requires you to believe in God. If atheism renders the religion useless, then atheism is untenable.
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