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MineralMan

(149,536 posts)

2. Yes, and so?

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 20, 2018, 03:47 PM

Nov 2018

All were tyrants and dictators, not humanists. See, I'm recommending humanism as the alternative not tyranny. A tyrannical philosophy is just as toxic as religion has proven to be. Tyranny is not the alternative to religion. It is simply a parallel to it.

As for freedom, you're welcome to believe whatever you are able to believe. Just leave me out of it, please, and everyone else, as well. Keep it personal, OK? Your religious rights end at the tip of your own nose.

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Looking at history from the beginning of written records, [View all] MineralMan Nov 2018 OP

Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot exboyfil Nov 2018 #1

Yes, and so? MineralMan Nov 2018 #2

Cancer and heart disease both kill people. Pope George Ringo II Nov 2018 #3

Whataboutism, pure and simple. MineralMan Nov 2018 #4

I'm still hoping for a cure for religion. Pope George Ringo II Nov 2018 #5

Science has been working on that, too. MineralMan Nov 2018 #6

So, religion is no worse than totalitarian regimes? trotsky Nov 2018 #7

And your opinion is simply that. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #8

Did I pretend otherwise? MineralMan Nov 2018 #9

So if we could eliminate humans, guillaumeb Nov 2018 #10

Non-responsive. MineralMan Nov 2018 #11

What I contributed is a refutation of your "thesis". guillaumeb Nov 2018 #12

In your own mind, you are convinced. MineralMan Nov 2018 #13

Open your own to the concept. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #14

Save your advice for someone MineralMan Nov 2018 #16

I responded, but the response illustrates the failing of the original post. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #18

Bullshit! MineralMan Nov 2018 #19

And #15? guillaumeb Nov 2018 #21

My answer was posted. MineralMan Nov 2018 #22

And I respect that answer. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #23

I don't care what you respect, Guy. Not one bit. MineralMan Nov 2018 #25

Ma reponse: guillaumeb Nov 2018 #26

Regardez. Voici mon cul. MineralMan Nov 2018 #29

Votre niveau? guillaumeb Nov 2018 #30

My question is, would people have behaved better if there had never been any such thing as The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2018 #15

There is no way to answer your question. MineralMan Nov 2018 #17

An excellent answer to the question. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #20

Without religion, we'd have fewer terrible things, though. Pope George Ringo II Nov 2018 #24

I think you're right. Someone did take a look at history to study religion's role in war. Jim__ Nov 2018 #27

Sedentism. Staying at home and protecting it. Agriculture. Grain storage. Seasons. Smarts. Followers cachukis Nov 2018 #28