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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]If you can, listen to Christopher Hitchens.[/b] He has summarized clearly how religion does thwart thinking, has been harmful, can be harmful and used to oppress
I believe religion should not be above criticism, religious private schools are dogmatic[/quote]

^ I loved the guy, but I think his crusade, if you will, to publicly denounce religion and write books about it, along with Dawkins and Sam Harris (who I also love) are the type of thing OP is talking about.  If you don't believe that's one thing, but why go out of your way to make a whole career of telling others how deluded they are?  This is why most people don't like atheists.  [/quote]

I’m a believer and practitioner. I have no trouble having a calm and respectful debate about whether or not religion has done more harm or good. The problem is that atheists interested in this discussion generally only want to focus on Christianity as if there are no other religious traditions to examine and eventually devolve into calling religious beliefs stupid. It’s unnecessary. Cogent debate can be had over democracy, the nuclear family, and many other topics with an eye toward recognizing there are both pros and cons. If theists can recognize that religion has sometimes had harmful effects, why can’t atheists acknowledge that there are some benefits?[/quote]

I'm an atheist and I know other atheists, including myself, who do acknowledge the benefits of religion.

There are a growing number of humanist communities now -- augmenting the already existing Unitarians and Ethical Societies that started over 100 years ago.  They are compassionate communities without the requirement of believing in the supernatural.[/quote]

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