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What I Believe

The Noble Prize-winning American Physicist Steven Weinberg said, “Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you’d have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, it takes religion.” All you need is one word, Erase just one word from the minds of the people, Rout out just one idea, one concept, Eliminate Religion from the dictionary of humankind— Man’s most stupendous and the gravest faux pas! And, you’ll see peace, happiness, brotherhood. Then there won’t be any infidels, No gentiles, No heathens, No pagans, No Idol worshipers. No racism, no hatred, no jihad, No crusades, no inquisition, No persecution, no repercussion. No church, no mosque, No temple, no synagogue, No holy scriptures No words of God No places of pilgrimage No holy sites, no holy icons, There won’t be a pope or a priest, Nor any saint or a swami, No mullah, no imam, No pundit or any rabbi. No one to dupe you No one to lure you No Satan, no sin, No guilty conscience, No need for confession No need for salvation... And what the hell, There won’t be any hell! ~Contest: What I believe ~Sponsor: Angela Tune

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Date: 12/11/2022 2:22:00 PM
Well written. Still God does exist and He is apparent when love runs through the church. It is a piece of heaven…not perfected but a taste. Thanks for sharing your view which could place high.
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Abdul Malik
Date: 12/11/2022 3:38:00 PM
Yeah, He does! He does!! And, celebrating Christmas time in Ukraine!
Date: 12/8/2022 8:03:00 PM
Wow! I hardly know what to say, Abdul, except I wholeheartedly agree with much that you've written here. And, let me say, it's a shame that it is, in many respects, true. Unfortunately, the religion that teaches love, too often promotes bigotry and hatred. Shameful!
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Abdul Malik
Date: 12/8/2022 8:27:00 PM
You know what Benjamin Franklin once said, “The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.” If only we can all be the reasonable people, we can see the truth! Thanks, appreciate your comment much.

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