The God Who Wasnt There Quote
Narrator: Let me propose something. Religion does no harm at all. Discuss.
Richard Carrier: [laughs] Well, of course, you know, evidence of history and even contemporary events refutes that.
Narrator: Whatever.
Richard Carrier: Even, even, even if we set aside, you know, the obvious - war, conflict, violence that has always plagued society and has gotten particularly worse under the Judeo-Christian religions - um, even if we set that aside, we have ordinary, everyday things that are going wrong. Uh, the sort of dehumanization and mistreatment of homosexuals, for example, is a prominent example, and it's getting worse in this country, actually. It was getting better for a while, but now there's this backlash, and that's, that's bad. That's bad for humanity, it's, and in a religion that encourages that or even allows that, it's wrong.
Richard Carrier: [laughs] Well, of course, you know, evidence of history and even contemporary events refutes that.
Narrator: Whatever.
Richard Carrier: Even, even, even if we set aside, you know, the obvious - war, conflict, violence that has always plagued society and has gotten particularly worse under the Judeo-Christian religions - um, even if we set that aside, we have ordinary, everyday things that are going wrong. Uh, the sort of dehumanization and mistreatment of homosexuals, for example, is a prominent example, and it's getting worse in this country, actually. It was getting better for a while, but now there's this backlash, and that's, that's bad. That's bad for humanity, it's, and in a religion that encourages that or even allows that, it's wrong.
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