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Make War Not Love

God is perfectly willing to allow human beings to unleash an endless torrent of unfathomable horrors upon both each other and every other species on the planet, according to Christianity, just as long as enough people in the world appease Him by not only opposing same sex marriage but also by herding themselves into churches once a week to grovel to his vanity.

And if that isn't enough to convince atheists everywhere of the error (and arrogance) of their ways, then the fact that every single one of those churches - just like every single one of the religions those churches peddle like a serpent selling apples that will make each member of their flock "like God, knowing right from wrong" - are all equally certain that they alone have finally managed to discern the "true" meaning of God's ultimate message, certainly should be.

 Religion, in other words, has been "the light of the world" by always demonstrating a preference for making war to making love. To atheists, however, such a "light" comes with all of the love and benevolence of a mushroom cloud.

In sum, modern religion's perspective on men is that he should only ever make war with each other, and always to defend their gods, for it is the greatest sin agaisnt that God that men should ever make love.

Or more simply, religion wants us to worship a God "of peace and love" who says it is permissible for men to make war, but not love.

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