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Originally posted by Buff@Mar 12 2004, 05:01 AM
Because man is fallen -- we have a flawed nature, and religion attempts to explain it. The reason we have such depressing religions is that religion deals with the issues of life vs death and good vs evil. And since everyone dies, religion is already faced with a negative....
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With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. - Steven Weinberg
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.- Arthur Shopenhauer
History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unknown without help. But, like dandruff, most people do have a religion and spend time and money on it and seem to derive considerable pleasure from fiddling with it. - Robert Heinlein
Religion is for those who don't want to go to Hell. Spirituality is for those of us who have already been through it. - Anonymous
We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart. - H. L. Mencken