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johnp314today at 11:52 AM2 repliesview on HN

Oh if religion wasn't responsible for "massive cultural destruction" then mankind would have invented something else to do it (whatever is meant by "massive cultural destruction").


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forgetfreemantoday at 1:23 PM

"We want their stuff" is a pretty effective travesty generator for sure.

andrepdtoday at 12:15 PM

I disagree. When you are absolutely sure that God itself is on your side, then there is no atrocity to big to commit. I feel that religious zeal has led to some of the worst catastrophes in human history. I would put para-religious zeal in that category too, like dogmatic forms of communism.

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