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   From: nick@SKIPTHESECAPSbackpack.com   
      
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    "CAndersen (Kimba)"  wrote:   
      
   > "Raan"  wrote:   
   >   
   > >Belief is the fundamental cause of all human suffering.   
   >   
   > That's bullshit.   
   >   
   > The problem comes from within each person that causes suffering, they just   
   > use anything at hand as an excuse to do what they want to do. If people   
   > really followed Islam, there wouldn't be terrorism. If people really   
   > followed Christianity, people wouldn't end up tied to a fence and murdered.   
   > The problem isn't in any belief, the problem is a desire to harm coupled   
   > with an ability to rationalize any external item into an excuse for it.   
      
   And this is evidence that religious belief does not prevent immoral   
   behavior, as so many apologists are prone to argue.   
      
    - Felix   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)