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Originally Posted by Metrolike
Look, I'm not saying that religion makes you evil, I'm saying that it doesn't stop you from being one and often serves as a very good cover for very bad people. And to add to that, you absolutely don't have to be religious to be a just, moral and overall a good person. And if you're not religious and somehow manage to **** up (bang someone before you marry, lie to parrents, steal something), at least you don't look like a total ****ing hypocrite.
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I deleted the rest of the quote because it is not dead on target with what I started.
You put it all in black and white with your last paragraph. You, and many others who feel an obsessive/compulsive desire to deride organized religion have an overwhelming desire to prove that those who are involved in religion are "hypocrites". The fact is that ALL humans are hypocrites - including you. The old bumper sticker states "I am not perfect, I am forgiven".
Government serves as cover for bad people, school does, hell - jobs do as well.
My point is that every organized group ever created can house evil or bad intent - after all, they are created and run by humans - who have a huge propensity toward evil. But the fact is that more people get good out of religion than bad. If they didn't, the faith based groups would no longer exist.