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Old 10-08-2008, 05:40 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Hmmm...I thought Nocapszy meant that he understood why people believed in religion, but that he didn't understand why people who didn't still bothered with the matter.
Oh. I guess I could answer the same thing, more or less, but... that makes more sense

I'd have to question if that is the case, outside of a social context - that is, are we talking about religion as a social issue? Because religion does influence all of us, belief or not. Is it reactionary to religious influence? Most of the atheists I know only get into the topic when it influences social policy (schools, government). I have yet to have a bunch of, even agnostics, have a round table on religion or God. It does come up plenty - my circle has a soon to be priest, a few devout muslims of various sects, etc - with the rest, though.
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