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Originally Posted by Lord Gimik
Without the millions of missionaries bringing food/water to the hundreds of millions of people dying in Africa.
Don't forget the disease and pestilence they brought, against which the natives had no natural antibodies. Oh, and don't forget the colonial armies (blessed by the missionaries) that followed to take ownership of the natural resources (also blessed by the missionaries) and drive the natives off their land and / or sell them into slavery (yet again blessed by the missionaries).
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Imagine a world where ghettos are left to simply fester instead of their inhabitants being counselled and assisted by religious groups.
Indeed ... just imagine what it would be like if ghetto teenagers got honest advice about contraception and abortion, instead of that nonsense about abstinence, or if they got proper education about why the ghetto is the way it is, instead of being brainwashed into voluntary subjugation.
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Imagine a world without the United States of America.
Imagine a world where the USA wasn't so beholden to extremist nutjobs who believe that war in the Middle East is all part of the plan for the 2nd coming of Christ.
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But I'm sure it would be fine, because those evil religious people wouldn't be offending your fragile sensibilities with all of their ignorance. Right?
My sensibilities aren't that fragile ... I could ignore the whackos if they weren't so dangerous