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qazplm135

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11. sure he can

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2018, 11:51 AM

Oct 2018

he appeals to:

racists
misogynists
the wealthy and the fools who think they identify with the wealthy because they will be rich one day
those who have or crave or respect power
anti-abortion folks

I don't know how many atheists are any of those things. It's a pretty small sample size. I guarantee you if the entire population became atheists overnight, racism, misogyny and bigotry would not remotely disappear. Humans categorize. Us v Them. In v. Out. We are biologically set up to do that.

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Just a note, garbage like Rump cant rise to power without religion. [View all] Eliot Rosewater Oct 2018 OP

you bring up an intersting question for me edhopper Oct 2018 #1

Religion by definition encourages or requires bigotry. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2018 #2

Unitarianism Major Nikon Oct 2018 #5

Why not gravitate to a philosophy that reinforces your bigotries? Major Nikon Oct 2018 #7

The thing that makes religion unique is its tendency to prep the mind... trotsky Oct 2018 #9

Pretty much. "If you'll believe this, you'll believe anything!" MineralMan Oct 2018 #10

They are blinded by their desire to stop women from getting abortions. gtar100 Oct 2018 #3

And it is NOT about fetus or baby for 90% of them Eliot Rosewater Oct 2018 #4

That's why I call them forced birthers Major Nikon Oct 2018 #6

I think it's more about control than punishment. MineralMan Oct 2018 #8

sure he can qazplm135 Oct 2018 #11

Oh no, not at all. VAST majority of atheists by definition would not be radically Eliot Rosewater Oct 2018 #12

lol qazplm135 Oct 2018 #13

Sorry but you are just wrong. THE CHARACTER traits of someone Eliot Rosewater Oct 2018 #14

I got it qazplm135 Oct 2018 #15

Trump came to power through the Electoral College, an invention of our "Founding Fathers" to control struggle4progress Oct 2018 #16