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What month? rug May 2013 #1
Not January, March, or May. (nt) DreamGypsy May 2013 #3
Not soon enough. prole_for_peace May 2013 #2
Yeah, I wouldn't say "defeat," nor would I use the word "replace." trotsky May 2013 #4
Lol. rug May 2013 #5
They're delusional. okasha May 2013 #12
Imagine the peace and harmony of our world if there was never religion. rug May 2013 #13
We'd all be holding hands okasha May 2013 #14
Nice strawman Goblinmonger May 2013 #17
The fantasy is called the «existential security hypothesis.» okasha May 2013 #18
I wonder how they count religious atheists, such as many Buddhists. nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #6
Since he calls it "the existential security hypothesis", who the hell knows? rug May 2013 #9
Will Atheism force unconditional surrender? goldent May 2013 #7
the whole god delusion is foolish Spartacus Maximus XL May 2013 #8
Football first. rug May 2013 #10
Please, not Aussie Rules Football. longship May 2013 #26
Make a list of countries where you feel you could live happily. Everyone here dimbear May 2013 #11
That could be. But since human irrationality will never vanish, struggle4progress May 2013 #15
This raises very interesting questions. hrmjustin May 2013 #16
"Religion has a lot to offer to people. " cleanhippie May 2013 #20
You have a point, but it still has a lot to offer. hrmjustin May 2013 #21
That could be said about a lot of otherwise harmful institutions. trotsky May 2013 #22
We would have conflict even if we did not have religion. hrmjustin May 2013 #23
I don't believe anyone said there wouldn't be conflict without religion. trotsky May 2013 #24
All you really can do is try your best to isolate the fundamentalists. hrmjustin May 2013 #27
Isolate them based on what? trotsky May 2013 #28
Each religion would have to come up with that definition on their own. hrmjustin May 2013 #29
But even within a religion there will be disagreement. trotsky May 2013 #32
Well that is a hard question. There are parts I take literally like the ressurection. hrmjustin May 2013 #33
You're appealing to items that have yet to be established. trotsky May 2013 #34
I do not believe that God told the bible writters what to write. hrmjustin May 2013 #35
That's your belief. trotsky May 2013 #44
Of course i can not prove it. I know that. It is all a matter of opinion. hrmjustin May 2013 #46
As is the definition of who's a "fundamentalist." trotsky May 2013 #47
Sorry i could not be more helpful. hrmjustin May 2013 #49
There is an interesing paper that touches on that topic. Jim__ May 2013 #25
Note how that worked out in China. Secular forces finally stepped up dimbear May 2013 #37
Most people understand that the various 20th century totalitarianisms are not a solution to anything Jim__ May 2013 #38
You can look at it that way, take the Chinese action merely as a warning-- dimbear May 2013 #39
So China has a system okasha May 2013 #40
There are people in China who would prefer war, peasants mostly. dimbear May 2013 #41
Wouldn't you include global inflation LostOne4Ever May 2013 #19
I am not comfortable with extrapolations. longship May 2013 #30
The issue with fundamentalism is not only with their high birth rate Meshuga May 2013 #31
Advances in science will continue to zeeland May 2013 #36
Kick for the update cleanhippie May 2013 #42
That family must not have watched Star Trek very closely... goldent May 2013 #43
They just had to wait until TNG to get it stated more clearly: trotsky May 2013 #45
And McCoy seemed to have a perpetual urge okasha May 2013 #48
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