Ziggy Sawdust on Nostr: Speaking as an emphatically non-religious person, I feel that this country needs ...
Speaking as an emphatically non-religious person, I feel that this country needs religion for the same reason that we need gun laws - as a collective culture, we cannot be trusted to do the right thing for its own sake, and will do mental gymnastics to justify whatever misdeeds we feel entitled to.
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