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I agree Aaron. Christians are

ocean-kat — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:35:53 +0000

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I agree Aaron. Christians are so desperate to claim some moral victory after centuries of perpetuating evil and committing unspeakable atrocities that they exaggerate their part in the anti-slavery movement.

IMHO, anti-slavery movements

Aaron Carine — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 22:17:56 +0000

In reply to Really well put; better than

IMHO, anti-slavery movements would have done fine without the Bible. Christianity was around for sixteen centuries before even a handful of Christians turned against slavery. The guy quoted argues that Christianity did more to preserve slavery than undermine it. But I'm an idiot and a troll, as rm pointed out, so what do I know?

Really well put; better than

Richard Day — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 19:33:09 +0000

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http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/12/13/watch-cbs-face-the-nation-focus-group-of-trump-supporters/Really well put; better than I could have done.

I guess my title would have been :

"Many Americans are Pathetic!"

I recall in college coming to the conclusion that all religions suck; and then I recalled that the Abolitionist Movement would have gone nowhere without the Bible.

And neither would have the 'modern' Civil Rights Movement.

I do not know where to put this next idea; except for here.

Trump said:

Keep out all the Muslims.

AND THE OTHER REPUBS CLAIM FOUL?

Then the rest amend that directive by saying:

Well just receive all Christians.

Or 'PROPERLY VET?

Or....who cares?

I was much more upset with trump when he said:

GO AFTER ALL 'THEIR' FAMILIES.

So Christie tells us:

NONE OF THE FAMILIES ARE TO BE TRUSTED?

So Christie tells us all about widows and orphans who might become suicide bombers.

Of course Trump doubles down and continues to demand that we go after families?

ON FACE THE NATION?

I guess racism is a religion and economics is a religion and 'science' is a religion and ...

That is all I got right now!

See:

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/12/13/watch-cbs-face-the-nation-focus-group-of-trump-supporters/

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/11/christie_reverses_earlier_call_to_accept_syrian_re_1.html

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2015/11/mike-hukabee-paris-syrian-refugees-isis

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsmax-Tv/rick-santorum-isis-isil-syrian-refugees/2015/11/19/id/702910/

http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2015/11/24/3725311/rubio-refugees-welcome-maybe/

The idea that religion is the

rmrd0000 — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 12:52:03 +0000

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The idea that religion is the cause of most wars is demonstrably false. Less than 10% of wars are religion-based.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/11/14/religions-war-cause-responsib...

I read Weinberg's essay long

Aaron Carine — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 08:13:39 +0000

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I read Weinberg's essay long ago, and I too thought he was off base in saying that only religion could make good people do bad things. Any number of ideologies can do it.

Thanks! I'm going to try

Danny Cardwell — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 04:11:39 +0000

In reply to Hi Danny, the video isn't

Thanks! I'm going to try again.

Hi Danny, the video isn't

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 04:05:20 +0000

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Hi Danny, the video isn't working. If you click the icon that looks like a filmstrip, you should be able to embed a youtube video into your post.