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   bitrex to john larkin   
   Re: OT: Seized Tanker Likely Has Gold On   
   08 Jan 26 20:19:55   
   
   From: user@example.net   
      
   On 1/8/2026 7:50 PM, john larkin wrote:   
   > On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 00:57:24 +0100, Gerhard Hoffmann    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> Am 08.01.26 um 22:39 schrieb bitrex:   
   >>   
   >>> Incidentally, Bertrand Russell once said that if humans really believed   
   >>> there was a God and an afterlife they'd have no fear of death, but as   
   >>> many US soldiers who fought in Afghanistan could attest (and part of the   
   >>> reason the US ain't there no more) is there are definitely a substantial   
   >>> number of religious people out there who don't give one single shit   
   >>> about dying.   
   >>   
   >> Religion and killing have been best friends forever.   
   >>   
   >> Gerhard   
   >   
   > I seem to recall "thou shalt not kill" from somewhere.   
   >   
   >   
   > John Larkin   
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   I don't think religious strife is the #1 killer of humans. Nihilism and   
   apathy probably takes that spot.   
      
   Religion likely has the #2 position.   
      
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