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Re: 'i don't know'

From	Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org>
Newsgroups	alt.atheism, rec.arts.sf.written, sci.physics, sci.physics.relativity, alt.astronomy
Subject	Re: 'i don't know'
Date	2017-01-17 08:15 -0700
Message-ID	<ee6qprF7ttrU4@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> wrote:

>In article <slrno7f6kh.ekf.nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz>,
> Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> wrote:
>
>> Read some history. Then *think*.
>
>Yes, do.
>
>> The prevalence of religion has blighted the lives of thousands of
>> millions of people over the ages. And as if that's not enough, it
>> has motivated regimes of utterly brutal torture, mass murder and
>> even genocide.
>
>Humans ran a couple experiments, one in the 19th century, a handful in 20th 
>century, with a few still running. They set up a few countries that did their 
>best to eradicate religion. It turns out they were regimes of utterly brutal 
>torture, mass murder and even genocide.
>
>Based on experimental evidence religion is irrelevant to how nice a government 
>is.

The Nordic countries (Scandinavia and Iceland) are rapidly approaching
zero without torture and mass murder.

But then, you are claiming "irrelevant" rather than "contradicted", so
I guess I'm not arguing with you.
-- 
We are geeks.  Resistance is voltage over current.

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'i don't know' The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-01-10 22:59 -0800
  Re: 'i don't know' mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-01-10 23:26 -0800
  Re: 'i don't know' Helmut Wabnig <hwabnig@.- --- -.dotat> - 2017-01-11 08:38 +0100
    Re: 'i don't know' mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-01-11 00:09 -0800
      Re: 'i don't know' Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2017-01-11 04:03 -0800
        Re: 'i don't know' mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2017-01-11 04:11 -0800
      Re: 'i don't know' JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2017-01-12 12:23 -0800
    Re: 'i don't know' djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2017-01-11 14:09 +0000
  Re: 'i don't know' Jørgen Farum Jensen <farumjensen@mailme.dk> - 2017-01-11 14:08 +0100
  Re: 'i don't know' SteveGG <casagiannoni@optonline.net> - 2017-01-11 08:45 -0500
    Re: 'i don't know' Chrysi Cat <chrysicat@gmail.com> - 2017-01-12 03:39 -0700
      Re: 'i don't know' Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-01-12 15:02 +0000
        Re: 'i don't know' Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2017-01-12 08:51 -0800
          Re: 'i don't know' Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2017-01-17 08:15 -0700
            Re: 'i don't know' Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-01-17 16:10 +0000
              Re: 'i don't know' Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2017-01-17 09:19 -0800
                Re: 'i don't know' Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-01-17 21:04 +0000
                Re: 'i don't know' Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2017-01-17 17:54 -0800
      Re: 'i don't know' The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-01-12 08:52 -0800
        Re: 'i don't know' SteveGG <casagiannoni@optonline.net> - 2017-01-13 09:09 -0500
          Re: 'i don't know' Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2017-01-13 09:26 -0800
          Re: 'i don't know' Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-01-13 22:35 +0000
            Re: 'i don't know' Reid Schaffner <dnfoonio@acdnfni.info> - 2017-01-13 22:37 +0000
              Re: 'i don't know' Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-01-13 22:46 +0000
                Re: 'i don't know' Reid Schaffner <dnfoonio@acdnfni.info> - 2017-01-13 23:08 +0000
            Re: 'i don't know' "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2017-01-13 17:42 -0500
              Re: 'i don't know' Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-01-14 15:13 +0000
                Re: 'i don't know' "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2017-01-14 11:45 -0500
                Re: 'i don't know' Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-01-14 20:58 +0000
                Re: 'i don't know' Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2017-01-14 09:11 -0800
                Re: 'i don't know' Reid Schaffner <dnfoonio@acdnfni.info> - 2017-01-14 17:22 +0000
                Re: 'i don't know' Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-01-14 21:10 +0000
                Re: 'i don't know' Kadaitcha Man <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> - 2017-01-14 22:34 +0000
                Re: 'i don't know' Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-01-15 10:54 +0000
            Re: 'i don't know' Kadaitcha Man <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> - 2017-01-14 00:04 +0000
              Re: 'i don't know' Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-01-14 15:17 +0000
                Re: 'i don't know' Kadaitcha Man <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> - 2017-01-14 22:26 +0000
                Re: 'i don't know' Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-01-15 10:35 +0000
                Re: 'i don't know' Kadaitcha Man <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> - 2017-01-15 10:43 +0000
                Re: 'i don't know' Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-01-15 11:20 +0000
                Re: 'i don't know' Kadaitcha Man <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> - 2017-01-15 11:27 +0000

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