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> I’m not sure how an atheistic population could resist the forces of selfishness and tribalism First you're going to have to explain how religious population
by __jal 7y ago
> I’m not sure how an atheistic population could resist the forces of selfishness and tribalism
First you're going to have to explain how religious populations avoid those.
Hint: they don't.
- weberc2 7y agoI had already addressed this in a sibling subthread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19975618 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19975618 Anyway, they do; that they do so imperfectly is not a counterargument, since (as I've mentioned several times), religion serves as a bulwark in this regard, not a panacea.