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Old 04-26-2008, 10:54 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Interesting question.
Do you believe in good and evil?
If not ... the answer pops out easily.

It would have been different.
What do you mean? Is that even relevant? Please explain.
WOULD THE WORLD BE A BETTER PLACE WITHOUT RELIGION?
Is the world bad now?
We put a value judgement on say death and destruction, disease, global warming, religion etc. These values are purely societal in nature.
When an ant colony attacks and kills a termite colony, killing the queen termite and take the larvae. That's just is .... not good, not bad .... could it have been better?
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