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Chase · 08-28-2006, 07:28 AM

Quote: (Originally Posted by RalphyS) You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
Anne Lamott

With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
Steven Weinberg (1933 - ), quoted in The New York Times, April 20, 1999

I actually disagree with that quote to an extent. Yes, those good people with warped interpretations of their faith can do evil things. I don't dispute that. Look at Osama bin Laden for instance or a Ku Klux Klan member. To some, they are "good" people. However, I think money and materialism can make people do just as evil things.

08-28-2006, 07:28 AM	#6
Chase USER INFO » Status: Wound Up Posts: 1,160 Joined: Oct 2004 Currently: Offline	Re: War-Torn Middle East Seeks Solace In Religion Quote: (Originally Posted by RalphyS) You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. Anne Lamott With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. Steven Weinberg (1933 - ), quoted in The New York Times, April 20, 1999 I actually disagree with that quote to an extent. Yes, those good people with warped interpretations of their faith can do evil things. I don't dispute that. Look at Osama bin Laden for instance or a Ku Klux Klan member. To some, they are "good" people. However, I think money and materialism can make people do just as evil things.