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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This question was posed in another thread.

One response was: "Depends - It would certainly be the end of the "I'm destroying the world because God told me to" syndrome. But people would likely find some other reason to do evil things."

What do you think?[/quote]

All religion exists to manipulate people and control behavior. People made up a bunch of stories about sky fairies and zombies to make them fearful about what happens when they die. The holy books also were useful for teaching basic food hygiene lessons, such as eating shellfish and pork. So, if you took away the superstitions that made humans behave more civilly, yah, you'd probably have more "evil things" happening. [/quote]
Except people are still doing these "evil things" that there are superstitions related to. In the thread about some pastor cheating on his wife someone wrote "christians are people too, we all sin!" so they will find any excuse to justify it. Or say that you just need to beg jesus' forgiveness after and youre square. Why are there so many religious people that molest children? They literally teach biblical "morals" and are committing horrific acts.

I believe the world would be a better place without religion. Because at least people would have to own their shitty behaviour instead of hiding behind a facade. [/quote]

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