From: cj.mccormack@btinternet.com   
      
   "David V."  wrote in message   
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   > Son of Cormack wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Like so many others Dave you tie the word and concept of Religion to the   
   >> supernatural forms it has taken up to this point.   
   >   
   > No, I don't tie the word to anything - the definition of the word   
   > does. That is unless you with to base your argument on an   
   > equivocation.   
   >   
   >> Religion which find it's root in the recognition of Human evolutionary   
   >> achievement and potentialities *can* unite people   
   >>  for the good of all.   
   >   
   > No, it cannot since a religion is necessarily based on a belief   
   > in gods and such.   
      
   I'm sorry but that is just not true. I will concede that this *has*   
   generally been the case in the past but there is no reason that it should be   
   so.   
      
      
   >   
   >> Can you not see that?   
   >   
   > I can see past that. Religions have been used to control people,   
   > not unite them   
      
   You make my point for me "In the past" and so we are condemned to follow the   
   same path and make the same mistakes??   
      
      
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