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Jim Lane

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8. As an impartial agnostic, I'd say some are less vile than others.

Reply to bowens43 (Reply #7)

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 12:35 PM

Dec 2012

For any deity-based religion, you could find some adherents who've committed violence or oppression in the name of their god(s). If you ask about the scope of such conduct, though, Christianity and Islam are in a class by themselves.

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