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quotation from "God Delusion" by Richard Dwakins
Feb 22 2008, 9:06 AM EST | Post edited: Feb 22 2008, 9:06 AM EST
I give below a quotation from the book "God Delusion" written by Richard Dwakins:


"Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that. Revealed faith is not harmless nonsense, it can be lethally dangerous nonsense. Dangerous because it gives people unshakeable confidence in their own righteousness. Dangerous because it gives them false courage to kill themselves, which automatically removes normal barriers to killing others. Dangerous because it teaches enmity to others labelled only by a difference of inherited tradition. And dangerous because we have all bought into a weird respect, which uniquely protects religion from normal criticism. Let's now stop being so damned respectful!"

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1. RE: quotation from "God Delusion" by Richard Dwakins
Apr 27 2009, 11:11 PM EDT | Post edited: Apr 27 2009, 11:11 PM EDT
you dont know anything about god. sorry to hear you feel that way. ill pray for you
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