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Response to Donald Ian Rankin (Reply #237)
Mon Mar 18, 2013, 08:18 PM
MellowDem (5,018 posts)
308. No, I'm talking about what people should do...
and for one, IMHO nobody should be involved with a bigoted organization that says it's the representative of a perfect, unproven, unproveable being simply BECAUSE. They should question things. They should use critical thinking skills. Otherwise, yes, I'll question why they are still a member of such an organization, and if the reason they give is, "just because", I can criticize the way they come to conclusions. It's a discussion board. Religion doesn't get a free pass.
I mean really, what a horribly dangerous set up. You're indoctrinated from birth into an organization that you can never leave? I can criticize this way of thinking, and it's not bigotry. |
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