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**SpyRemo** · 07-13-2010, 04:26 PM

I'd include things like homophobia, racism, intolerance, anti-science lies/misinformation, restriction of personal freedoms etc. under the "hurting anyone else" bracket though. Quite a wide area. There aren't many religions that don't fail in some of those failings.

I like to separate the ritual and dogma of religious institutions from the religious practice of reaching out to God. Religious institutions suffer pretty much equally from the same malady that afflicts any other group that is formed around an ideology - lazy thinkers falling in love with an idea that makes them feel good.

07-13-2010, 04:26 PM	#7
SpyRemo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 390 Senior Member	I'd include things like homophobia, racism, intolerance, anti-science lies/misinformation, restriction of personal freedoms etc. under the "hurting anyone else" bracket though. Quite a wide area. There aren't many religions that don't fail in some of those failings. I like to separate the ritual and dogma of religious institutions from the religious practice of reaching out to God. Religious institutions suffer pretty much equally from the same malady that afflicts any other group that is formed around an ideology - lazy thinkers falling in love with an idea that makes them feel good.
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