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To: antiRepublicrat
Communism was atheistic, but it wasn't atheism. By that logic, churches are religious so we're okay to equate them with jihadist mosques.

You, like the athiest, are speaking in generalities. I was speaking with one specific example for each of his assertions, to refute his generalization. If religion enslaves minds, as he posited, then clearly the absence of religion frees minds. This could not be further from the truth with Communism, under which religions and the religious are persecuted, and minds are enslaved en masse.

Conversely, he asserted that religion "hardens hearts". If that is true, then why are churches, synogogues, and yes mosques the largest sources of charitable donations and services on the planet, far outweighing any government involvement?

84 posted on 12/25/2009 10:55:59 AM PST by montag813
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To: montag813
Conversely, he asserted that religion "hardens hearts". If that is true, then why are churches, synogogues, and yes mosques the largest sources of charitable donations and services on the planet, far outweighing any government involvement?

An unanswerable question well asked. Merry Christmas.

86 posted on 12/25/2009 11:10:53 AM PST by jwalsh07
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To: montag813
If religion enslaves minds, as he posited, then clearly the absence of religion frees minds.

Any ideology can be used to enslave minds. He just has a thing against religion.

119 posted on 12/26/2009 10:59:19 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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