Originally Posted by antlers
Originally Posted by antelope_sniper
Originally Posted by Jeff_O
I believe much evil springs from the notion of an immortal soul.

Like the notion that someone blow up a bunch of people that think differently then themselves, and be rewarded with an eternity in Paradise?
What could possibly go wrong with that?

There's been a lot of evil in modern world history that had nothing to do with the notion of an immortal soul...the regimes of Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Pol Pot...where many millions were killed during each regime, and 2 World Wars...where many millions were killed during each war. None of it had anything to do with the notion of an immortal soul.


I did not say it was the root of all evil, just demonstrated one common failing of that mode of thinking.

As for the regimes you mention, I'll say you are making a good case for small, limited government.

You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.

You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell