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Voltaire2

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9. We would be a better society if people

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Sun Dec 31, 2023, 07:50 AM

Dec 2023

Stopped believing in ridiculous myths.

While you can find excerpts to justify your beliefs, the same texts are used to justify bigotry and intolerance. It is rather obvious that these texts are not a moral guide, they are used instead to justify your morality.

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There's several interesting verses in the first chapter of James. [View all] sinkingfeeling Dec 2023 OP

Ha! The rich aren't fading away. They're not going anywhere. NoRethugFriends Dec 2023 #1

Eventually, they will. Like a Donnie Stinky Diaper fart in a hurricane. SoFlaBro Dec 2023 #6

Easier said than done. czarjak Dec 2023 #2

They don't get to take the loot with them. usonian Dec 2023 #3

Uh, I hate to point it out but there are also a lot of bad things. Eko Dec 2023 #4

It's a giant book of choose-your-own-adventure, b/c assholes can take that 2nd RockRaven Dec 2023 #5

It's One Of The Better Epistles The Magistrate Dec 2023 #7

Ah, the Bible PJMcK Dec 2023 #8

We would be a better society if people Voltaire2 Dec 2023 #9