Originally posted by vivify
Again: the vast majority of gun owners own firearms without ill effects; likewise with how the vast majority of cops perform their duties. That doesn't mean there isn't a huge problem with both. Same with religion.
[b]"Regardless of how loving individual practitioners of a religion may be, the belief system itself has resulted in more harm than good"
...[text shortened]... m now than at other times in history, but has still has an overall negative impact on the world.
"Again: the vast majority of gun owners own firearms without ill effects; likewise with how the vast majority of cops perform their duties. That doesn't mean there isn't a huge problem with both."
there is a difference between having a huge problem with something and that something being an overall negative effect.
but yes, huge problem is a description i agree with
"That doesn't change the fact that religion still causes more harm than good. "
you are still insisting on that. if the vast majority of religion practitioners experience no ill effects, like you admitted in the first paragraph, the overall effect is not "more harm than good"
"still has an overall negative impact on the world"
the vast majority of religious (to a degree or other) people in the world disagree. you have absolutely no basis for this statement.
EDIT: And again, how long will you insist on discussing something that has no relevance to the topic at hand? Make another thread if you must.