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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whether it actually happens or not is not the concern. The concern is that people are out there actively wanting it, and these people have influence in many many places, at the state, local and federal levels. From school boards to the supreme court. We’ve seen this at all those levels recently and it is terrifying and religion is the core part of the problem.

And before anybody explodes, I’m not saying all religious people are this way. [b]But religion itself is a problem.  It’s the 21st-century and we hang onto these beliefs at our own peril.[/quote][/b]

[b]That kind of black-and-white thinking is equally part of the problem. [/b][…][/quote]
I consider myself religious, though I don’t attend church. I have never voted for a Republican in my life, I believe in evolution, I’m slowly converting my yard to native plants for carbon sequestration, believe in the separation of church and state, prize the rule of law and I am rabidly feminist and pro choice. Painting all religions as equally bad is weak brained and is unlikely to win you any points on the internet or where it matters. [/quote]

Are you me? Down to the native plants and rabid feminism? I agree, painting all religions as equally horrible—or any single religion as horrible—just makes the person arguing this look ignorant and bigoted. That line of debate never wins arguments. [/quote]

seriously- you could be describing me & I am a hijab wearing muslim and ground all of these beliefs in my religious beliefs. There is no compulsion in belief is an Religious idea that appears in holy scripture.   human beings are inclined towards fascination with some sort of idea set, the "religion' gene. there is no way you are going to get rid of this, its part of how humans evolved and how we accomplish living in extreme environments and how we adapt.  Cultivating an attitude of good for you but not for me mind set is going to get us further along than a rabid embrace of atheism.  Any group that makes you show up and shout that their belief or lack thereof is the Only correct path is on the wrong path. There has to be room for diverse beliefs and lifestyles. [/quote]

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