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In reply to the discussion: Your view of the root cause of much of the general "mess" we are in [View all]NightWatcher
(39,360 posts)I've seen the minds of my family members turn from college educated instruments into mush over the last twenty years. Because of "god" they are willing to do whatever some puppet master tells them. You might think that this increased religiosity would turn them into 24 hour kumbaya singing peaceniks, but it has done the polar opposite. They hate damn near everyone who doesn't follow along with their hate. They take their orders from mega preachers, hate radio, and manipulative politicians...and they do so without critical thinking.
Right wing politicians took over religion about the time that Reagan took over and it's gotten nothing but worse since that day.
So I'm pretty pissed at religion right now, and no I don't want to hear about your faith or how you can be progressive or exercise critical thinking at the same time you exercise belief in some "god" right now.
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