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From: "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Do you condemn Hamas?
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 17:26:13 -0400
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"Jeroen Belleman" <jeroen@nospam.please> wrote in message news:v3vtf6$2824r$1@dont-email.me...
> On 6/7/24 22:35, john larkin wrote:
>> On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 19:53:35 +0200, Jeroen Belleman
>> <jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/7/24 16:49, john larkin wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> Actually, Hamas makes sense. They send Jews to hell because they are
>>>> heretics, and send Muslims to heaven to be blessed martyrs. So for
>>>> Hamas, killing is always win-win.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Some kind of sense, given that there is neither heaven, nor hell.
>>> Religion, islam in particular, is only pernicious brainwashing.
>>> There is no afterlife. There is only this life. Don't waste it.
>>>
>>> Jeroen Belleman
>>
>> Until you understand the origin of the universe and the nature of
>> consciousness, you can't know.
>>
>> Religion is human's reason to have morality. Morality leads to
>> enlightment and a kind, just, productive society. Where else would
>> morality and justice come from?
>>
>> One interpretation of religion is our collective feelings about proper
>> behavior to others. Obviously, there are different religions with,
>> possibly, genetic components.
>>
>> In my personal experience, religious people are nicer than atheists.
>>
>> Better cooks too.
>>
>
> Oh! That's nonsense. Religion is a human invention, much like
> father Christmas and the tooth fairy. The difference is that
> many people never get over it.
>
> Religion has no right to claim to be the source of morality!
> Morality stems from a desire to cooperate to our mutual benefit.
> Religion never even comes into it.
>
> I see no clear tendency of religious people to be nicer. I've
> seen quite a few who were real bastards.

That's pretty much my experience too.

>
> Jeroen Belleman