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Old 03-18-2014, 04:11 PM  
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Indeed they do.

But some arguments are more straight forward.

e.g.

Evolution vs Creation.

Both sides have their extremists and fundamentalists.

But that does not mean that the earth was created 6000 years ago by a heaven dwelling wizard with a fondness for a day off and a particular interest in death, misery, pestelence, famine, and smoting of non believers and sodomites.

I mean, who the fuck would take that shit seriously ?
that's a pretty good example actually, I know a fair few religious people, and some of them see all that as metaphors, analogies, and so on. Granted, not many of them :D
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