• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    Religion is perfect for making normal people act like a bunch of sociopaths.

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      ” Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.”

      • VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.world
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        Religion is exploited by actual sociopaths to justify their behavior.

        (most forms of) Religion is constructed to be exploited by actual sociopaths to justify their behavior.

        FTFY

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      “With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion.”

      – Steven Weinberg