Ringo writes:
So yes, religion is dangerous. Like some other diseases, we may not be able to eradicate it but it seems reasonable that we should do our best to minimize its ill effects.
You paint with a broad brush sir.
The soviet union thought the same thing about religion in that they wanted to eradicate it and minimize it's ill effects.
I do agree that religion CAN be dangerous so can any intolerant group to include atheistic regimes.
"You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs