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Old November 22nd 03, 06:05 AM
Brian Burger
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On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Andrew Gideon wrote:

Robert Perkins wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 06:54:32 GMT, "Lenny Toulson"
wrote:

Tell me again how many people have died in wars based on nothing but
religion?


People have died in wars based on nothing but human avarice, with
religion as the dressing to break down a person's natural inclination
not to kill for the first time.


If what you're saying is true, then religion is obviously a harmful tool in
the hands of the greedy. Let's disarm them.


That's more or less what Richard Dawkins said just after Sept 11/01:

http://www.ffrf.org/tm.php?tm=dawkins.html

Brilliant guy. Thanks to whoever posted the FfRF URL earlier in this
thread!

Brian.