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_refugee_  ·  3522 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Religion's use.

this thread be blowin' up yo

Personally, I am not sure it is possible to make quantitative statements such as "the good that religion has brought into the world outweighs its negatives," or vice versa. It would require an extremely expansive and knowledgeable worldview, as well as an analytically brilliant mind. I also am not sure if there is a point to such a discussion. (But I would love to hear what inspired this question and line of thinking - when I say I don't know if there is a point, I mean, what does this discussion merit? )

Religion can be good; religion can be bad. It is neither, but both.