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There is a unanimity among religions: "God" made us too stupid to observe, reflect, and reach our own conclusions. In despair, we must subsume our intellects in "faith" and do what we are told. "Cui bono?" suggests the truth: religions have been the foundation stones of tribal loyalty-- the cautionary obelisks ensuring mindless groupthink and obsequious obedience -- not to God -- but to the temporal Caesars, the wielders of practical power. (Observation #2073)		46
“Freedom of religion” is an entirely defensible concept. You can’t stop people from believing in unicorns, centaurs, God, or the tooth fairy. On the other hand, the desire of government employees to wear religious symbols on the job should carry no greater weight than their desire to proclaim other private enthusiasms – for a political party, a sports team, or a brand of soap. Indeed, given the fact that every religion claims a unique moral superiority – leading to the historically deadly intensity of religious disputes -- no secular government should appear to favour private superstition over public reason, or to betray the simple prudence of common sense. (Observation #2072)		45
And on the eighth day, God sat back to watch the unfolding. And he saw the lion crush the gazelle, the python swallow the child, the parasitoid larva relentlessly consuming its host, the spider enjoying her cannibalistic meal. He saw the Black Death, and the mortal consequences of viral success. And reflecting on the marvels he had wrought, God smiled, for he knew that they must be good. (Observation #2105)		44
Preponderance of Evidence Isn't it odd -- This thing about God? -- Brief sparks of benevolence Mid the routine malevolence. (Observation #1670)		18
Beware those who claim to know the "mind of God;" they are deluded or evil, fools or liars.		11
Religion represents a wonderful marriage of persistence and alchemy: lies, repeated often enough, acquire the lustre of truth.		9
God is function without form -- a conceptual entity often central to tribal identity, a mythic glue for social cohesion, a psychological source of hope and comfort, and a powerful talisman protected by assumed infallibility and supportive social taboos. Yet he is, after all, puppet rather than creator -- and -- shaped by his self-appointed messengers -- is not exempt from the corruptive influence of power. Too human, with power of divine pretence, he becomes his satanic counterpart. (Observation #2369) [Please note: If you decide to retain this submission – could you please add it to my existing original account – the one clearly visible to those who google “Dr. Idel Dreimer?” Recent additions have been sent elsewhere – I think to some other account in my name – or to some unreachable limbo. Please? If we could re-establish that wonderful, reliable link between my submissions and the original account opened 11 years ago, my faith in humanity would be restored! Further -- I could then re-submit the missing quotes with some expectation that they would be placed in my original account.]		7
Most creatures are locked in a scheme of necessary murder; this reality tends to inhibit our expressions of gratitude to an infinitely wise and beneficent creator.		3
Religion is like the cheaterâ€™s response to a jigsaw puzzle of overwhelming size and daunting complexity. From the vast jumble of pieces, some few are selected, some trimmed with a hopeful eye, and others constructed anew and painted to match. These are then arranged to resemble a scene of tolerable order and comforting attractiveness. The myriad of unused elements -- and the tell-tale clippings -- are classified as superfluous or heretical, and are buried in the back lot of the pacified mind.		1 4