On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 04:42:46 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Friday, July 13, 2018 at 5:37:48 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Friday, July 13, 2018 at 9:18:07 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> >
>> > Our ability to see patterns is a gift from evolution. The ones who
>> > couldn't see patterns (everything from the turn of the seasons to
>> > the tiger in the brush) died early.
>> >
>> > Cindy Hamilton
>>
>> As we all know, DNA has an important relationship to evolution. Without DNA, most life on this planet would be low-order plant life - if even that.
>>
>> The ability to ponder our place in the universe is not really important for the survival of a species. The vast majority of life on Earth give no thought to their mortality or to their future. Most animals have not considered religion nor have they rejected it. It is something not conceivable to them. Religion is the providence known only to man. Bitching about religion is like complaining that we're human.
>>
>> People think that religion is the cause of all our problems but if you want something truly terrifying, consider a Godless universe. I wonder if you can...
>
>I'm an atheist. It's all I can consider. Every bad thing that people do
>to each other is just people being people. We didn't come to be the
>dominant life form on the planet by sitting around sharing hugs and kisses.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

Whenever I meet a new person the best way to drive me away is by
attempting to engage me in a discussion about religion and god, any
religion and any god... those topics tell me immediately that those
people aren't worth knowing because it won't be too very long (within
minutes) before they attempt to convert me. I won't even speak to
anyone who displays religious medals/icons. I really don't want to
know anyone's religion... if they need to display their religion they
truly don't believe.
The first thing people of different belief systems do is compete and
attempt to convert... failing that they become violent... for me it's
best to permanently extricate myself from their presence before they
become violent as they surely will when they realize I won't comply.
I don't discuss religion or politicswith people I meet... different
political beliefs are exactly the same as different religious beliefs.
Different religious and political beliefs are the sole cause of all
warfare.
So long as religion and politics exist there can never be peace.
The easiest way to identify all the most ignorant people is to line up
all the religious and political leaders on the planet and to ensure a
chance of world peace, assasinate them. More people have died in the
name of religious and political differences than from disease. The
majority of humans haven't progressed one iota since the first
humanoids engaged in tribal warfare... often I feel they have
regressed to a much lower standard because modern weapory is far more
efficient than spears.