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mucholderthandirt

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16. I don't believe it's possible. It's so ingrained in the human psyche that religion is never going to totally go away.
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 06:58 AM
Oct 7

The influence of it is shrinking as allegiance to any faith is shrinking, but the ones who have the full-on crazy will continue to try to control everyone else. MAGA forever, to some extent.

The problem comes when normal, sane people won't do what's necessary and stamp out this religious nonsense. Free will, personal rights, blah blah blah. I'm not saying punish people, but never let them have any influence over anything.

One thing that needs to end is religion being tax exempt. They run like a business, so they pay taxes like a business. They want free speech? They follow the same laws the rest of us have to.

Like it or not, America is a secular nation. It was founded as such, it runs better as such, and allowing the current influence of so-called Christians is abhorrent and against all we are supposed to stand for. Remember, people came here to get away from religion, not to have to live under someone else's beliefs.

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