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Old 11-23-2015, 03:54 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by RummyBoy View Post
Over 85% of the 7.4 billion people on planet earth are religious.

Try to drum up some support for your atheist / non-religious movement!? It might work 50 years from now if you can pick up a following. Try facebook but bare in mind that even if you get the support of all 1 billion of facebook users, you still face (book?) an uphill struggle
Let them carry on believing in fairy tales. The problem is the leeway religions are given. No tax breaks, no special privileges paid by the tax payer, and absolute adherence to the law of the land.

Scientology $500 million in annual revenue tax free.
Mormon Church is likely worth $40 billion today and collects up to $8 billion in tithing each year tax free.. This applies to lots of religions.
The recent child abuse scandal in the RC Church was covered up because it was priests.
The recent child abuse scandal in the UK Muslim community was covered up because it was Muslims.
Ireland still ban abortions and only legalised contraception in 1985.

The problem is we still have not separated Church and State completely. It will take a huge effort after 6,000 years + of them using each other.

People should be allowed to worship dog turds, just don't ask for any special privileges.
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