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Religion

MineralMan

(148,350 posts)

6. That's because religions are made up of people.

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #5)

Sat Feb 16, 2019, 10:11 AM

Feb 2019

They were also invented by people.

Assholes commit assholery.
Decent people commit decency.

It's not the religion. It's the people who belong to the religion. Always.

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