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Scouse you do talk a lot of utter fucking bollocks sometimes.
Do you think if there was no such concept as religion then there would be no problems in the world? There would be no such thing as murder? Disagreement over ownership and resources? That people wouldn't have conflicting ideologies?
Eh up, I've had a few now so bear with...
I suppose I'd better point out that the previous posts weren't a personal attack. I do think that religious people tend to be "nicer" than those who aren't, when you actually meet them. However, I don't think my points above are bollocks, not even for a second.
It's this I'd like you to address: Go through my points about the repression of art and literature, sexual repression and the likes - and rebuff them with evidence. I tried (reasonably hard) to provide examples of censorship etc, and gave a reason why a seemingly benign "belief system" would give rise to such things.
I'm not saying that if there was no such thing as organised religion then all the worlds ills would be cured. I'm saying that organised religion hinders, not helps...
Anyway, I'm back to Warcraft and wine with the missus