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Old 05-11-2007   #56 (permalink)
utabintarbo
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Default Re: What's your religion and why?

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Originally Posted by freakavoid View Post
how beautifully Asimov put it:

"I prefer rationalism to atheism. The question of God and other objects-of-faith are outside reason and play no part in rationalism, thus you don't have to waste your time in either attacking or defending."
QFT++

Attacking religion is like poking at vapors - there's really nothing there to fight.

Unfortunately, given the sway it has over large swaths of humanity, it cannot be safely ignored.
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Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay -- and claims a halo for his dishonesty.---- Robert A. Heinlein
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