similarities between New Age atheists and religious nut jobs (Introduction)

by David Turell @, Thursday, December 09, 2010, 05:14 (5076 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

I agree if religion ceased there would still be disputes over territory and materials, but it wouldn't be made so much worse by a "them and us" mentality. There is very litle difference genetically between Jews and Arabs for instance; their conflict is based on their religious identities. Peace would become much more easily negotiable.
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> I have to disagree with you on this. People will always find a reason to hate each other. -This comes from the hunter-gatherer period of human development. One's local tribe was trusted and outsiders not at all. Survival was dependent on tribal cohesion.


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