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<blockquote data-quote="newusername" data-source="post: 5829006" data-attributes="member: 562064">&quot;I don&#039;t risk anything by believing.&quot;Yes, you waste dedicating your life to something that doesn&#039;t exist.&nbsp; You risk propping up a religious system that gives life to extremists.&nbsp; You risk believing in the wrong god (in fact, probability says you&#039;re very likely in the wrong religion).&nbsp; Worst of all, you risk not really being a believer: believing because it&#039;s your safeguard is not really believing at all.&quot;That&#039;s why it&#039;s called faith.&quot;Faith is bad, irrational behaviour.&nbsp; You should not believe in something for which there is so much contradicting evidence.&quot;Religion gives morality.&quot;Well, I&#039;m not sure that stoning my children to death is my version of morality.&nbsp; Aside from that, the Western world is grounded in the Golden Rule (which is something we don&#039;t need religion to understand), and the middle East is grounded in Islamic rule where you can **** your wife.&nbsp; Religion does not equal morality in any way, shape, or form.&nbsp; A study of humans historically demonstrates that we have had some semblance of morality with and without god.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="newusername, post: 5829006, member: 562064"] "I don't risk anything by believing." Yes, you waste dedicating your life to something that doesn't exist. You risk propping up a religious system that gives life to extremists. You risk believing in the wrong god (in fact, probability says you're very likely in the wrong religion). Worst of all, you risk not really being a believer: believing because it's your safeguard is not really believing at all. "That's why it's called faith." Faith is bad, irrational behaviour. You should not believe in something for which there is so much contradicting evidence. "Religion gives morality." Well, I'm not sure that stoning my children to death is my version of morality. Aside from that, the Western world is grounded in the Golden Rule (which is something we don't need religion to understand), and the middle East is grounded in Islamic rule where you can **** your wife. Religion does not equal morality in any way, shape, or form. A study of humans historically demonstrates that we have had some semblance of morality with and without god. [/QUOTE]

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