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Borromeo
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31 Dec 2019, 2:00 pm

Metal Rat wrote:
That is really interesting. Perhaps, that is why they cannot understand Evolution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lemaître

The world does not operate on binary principles. The dialectic of "us" and "them" rarely applies. The link is pretty cool though.


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31 Dec 2019, 2:06 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
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It’s ironic how religion has been lately. So far it looks like it’s being dominated by people who are using it for divisive reasons.
It's been used for divisive reasons since time immemorial.
The "Us Against Them" doctrine is a variation on the "Divide and Conquer" strategy.


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01 Jan 2020, 2:36 am

Fnord wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Brivae wrote:
It’s ironic how religion has been lately. So far it looks like it’s being dominated by people who are using it for divisive reasons.
It's been used for divisive reasons since time immemorial.
The "Us Against Them" doctrine is a variation on the "Divide and Conquer" strategy.


And we play right into "their" hands with our divisiveness.


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