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Christians, all the ones I ever met, spend their lives trying to be good people -- being nice, not stealing, stuff like that. Religion-haters think that all this pursuing of goodness and striving against one's faults is stupid.
Not to be judgmental, but if one of those two groups had to be in charge of things, which would you prefer?
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Some people, on the other hand, believe that people are naturally corrupt in their personal lives, so therefore they should be corrupt. You regularly see "proud to be bad" themes in movies and blogs and fashions and such.
I don't understand this attitude, but the difference between those kinds of people and these kinds of people is very deep.
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There are bad people. That's what the anti-war simpletons don't understand.
There are people who want to hurt you, and "opening a dialogue" with them would only verify in their minds that you're a sucker and ripe for the picking. As a matter of fact, I once saw a stat that said that about 4% of all people have absolutely no conscience at all.
My experience leads me to believe it.
I'd say that that number seems about right.
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