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Most religious people, of any faith, are just fine of course. I always figure that if your beliefs help you be a better person or provide comfort then they're well worth having.
If, however, you're using your beliefs to claim that your god so hates abortion or lack of forced prayer in schools that he turned around and let a class of little kids die because he can't be bothered to care unless we adequately stroke his ego then your beliefs are NOT making you a better person, and far from providing comfort you're using them to vindictively hurt other people. The usual suspects saying these things lately are awful people and are getting far too much publicity. I, for one, will return to ignoring them henceforth.
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If, however, you're using your beliefs to claim that your god so hates abortion or lack of forced prayer in schools that he turned around and let a class of little kids die because he can't be bothered to care unless we adequately stroke his ego then your beliefs are NOT making you a better person, and far from providing comfort you're using them to vindictively hurt other people. The usual suspects saying these things lately are awful people and are getting far too much publicity. I, for one, will return to ignoring them henceforth.
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