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Why should religion get a free pass?

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05-10-2008 3:15 PM 		Reply to: Message 5 by helenavm
05-10-2008 4:58 AM

But you haven't addressed much of the issue. If one is going to tear politicians a new one on their policies and the beliefs their policies come from, why should we give free passes to religion where many of the policies come from?
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05-13-2008 4:04 AM 		Reply to: Message 8 by helenavm
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If a religion can pass this test, demonstrating why it's philosophy is beneficial to humans, then legends or myths that are not fundamental to it's existence, and even some that are if they can't be solidly disproved, should get a free pass.
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Fair enough but when was the last time a religious belief was subjected to this test? Furthermore, applying this test no longer gives free passes as it is now subject to scrutiny.
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