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‘Toxic Brand’: Britons Say Religion Does More Bad Than Good, Atheists ‘More Moral’ Than Believers
RT (Russia Today) ^ | 11/6/14

Posted on 11/07/2014 6:32:22 AM PST by marshmallow

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To: marshmallow

Dead country, just like Sweden. Muslims will rape godless Europe just like the Babylonians raped godless Israel. Let’s focus on saving America.


21 posted on 11/07/2014 7:58:57 AM PST by Viennacon
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To: marshmallow

Religion.

Not Jesus Christ.

There’s a difference that the enemy has blinded the minds of unbelievers to.


22 posted on 11/07/2014 8:00:02 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: marshmallow

Enjoy your trip to Hell, chaps.


23 posted on 11/07/2014 8:04:10 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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Nearly two-thirds of British people stated that religion causes more harm than it brings benefits,


That is probably true, but the object of the Gospel is not religion but faith in God.


24 posted on 11/07/2014 8:18:28 AM PST by ravenwolf (` know if an other temple will be built or not but the)
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It doesn’t matter what they believe - it is WHY they believe it.

Even a “moral atheist” has been brought up in a society saturated with Judeo-Christian ethics - build right into the fabric of the society over centuries. They don’t even realize it but take it for granted - it molds who they are.

If they’d grown up in Yemen their ideals about what is “right vs. wrong” would be very different...they don’t understand this. People are highly flexible things, we don’t really understand our nature very well.


25 posted on 11/07/2014 8:33:06 AM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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If what the British see of religion is primarily Islam, then it’s hard to blame them for believing that religion does more harm than good. Unfortunately the traditional, deeply-ingrained British reserve and dedication to privacy makes Christian/Catholic evangelism difficult. That is, ordinary British people who are Christian rarely talk about it, because talking about anything so private is far outside of cultural norms among middle-class people and above. Those who really are believers are reticent about it, usually. Thus, Britons who have no belief system encounter faith either as murdering Muslims or sanctimonious and pointless C of E blitherings.


26 posted on 11/07/2014 9:44:43 AM PST by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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