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What is mankind's worst invention?
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ÆMNE22A!C
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Those in power only worship Saturn. Fin.
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Religion
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Well maybe those altar boys had it coming?
HoodWinked
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People say religion but in the absence of it we are witnessing in realtime the result. US has trended more to secularism and all it's done is lead to more indulgence, and degeneracy. And look at the morals set by this new secular crowd for example on ree thier framework is built on hypocrisy, double standards and moral virtue signaling.
ClanOfNone
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Is it religion or money....
I'm gonna call it a tie.
I'm gonna call it a tie.
FunkMiller
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You do realise Resetera is a games forum of a few thousand people, and not representative of the secular people of the world in any way, shape or form, don’t you?
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I know I for one want to figure out the going rate of med devices I’ve helped develop per dozen eggs every time I go to the grocery story…
Wildebeest
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Compound interest.
bitbydeath
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Religion should be on the poll, it is the number one cause of death and misery.
ÆMNE22A!C
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Sure who doesn't deserve molestation.
And again. A hammer can build a shelter or wipe out a town.
ÆMNE22A!C
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It's neither. Its power.
ÆMNE22A!C
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How about death due to car accidents?
What's gonna be on the poll? Cars? Or their drivers.
StreetsofBeige
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A tie between religion and anything resembling this:
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
It's not on the poll because it's been around since the dawn of civilization. It's also debatable if we can call it an invention at all. We have no idea how it came about.
I'd also debate that it's the number one cause of death. I'd actually go with politics as the number one cause of death as it's always been the number one reason for war. Politics has also become so toxic that it's the cause of the culture wars and become a banned discussion on this very forum (which is why it's not an option in the poll)
GeorgioCostanzaX
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Social media by far Nuclear weapons have proven to be beneficial deferents thus far: I will admit I seriously thought Putin would have at least used a dirty bomb in Ukraine by now but it’s been a year and he’s not been that stupid and NATO hasn’t wanted to do a full scale war either. Nukes have made large scale wars obsolete.
ÆMNE22A!C
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Those 5 to 8 year old indoctrinated boys had it coming? Psychological trauma. Sexual molestation? Fucking up their life?
Please, maybe I misinterpreted your post.
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Ah, no, it’s a sarcastic joke about the lengths people will go to in order to excuse reprehensible behavior by certain institutions they support rather than reevaluate that support.
ÆMNE22A!C
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Sorry for my tone. It's difficult for me to interpret text most of the time. My apologies. And yes. I'm with you.
assertion: there is no science without religion
FunkMiller
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They’re literally polar opposites. One requires evidence, research and enquiry. The other requires blind faith.
FunkMiller
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Territory is, and always has been, the number one cause of war. Politics is generally the thing that either prevents or stops war. And religion really should be on the list, given its prevalence across human society. And if you choose Not to believe in any particular religion, then you must therefore accept that it is a human invention.
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not my point.
how did science develop and mature to what it is now?
you need a framework for these conceptions of truth, and religion provided this
bitbydeath
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But do you give everyone, including small children hammers to go nuts with?
bitbydeath
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Car accident deaths are miniscule in comparison.
bitbydeath
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It’s created by man, it’s an invention.
Seems pointless having this discussion without religion despite it being banned since that is the worst invention.
NeonGhost
uses 'M$' - What year is it? Not 2002.
Why ? It’s put hostile countries in check
EverydayBeast
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FunkMiller
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Religion does not provide any kind of framework for truth. It provides a framework for belief. Two very different things. And science has been held back by religion down through the centuries, not helped by it. The renaissance didn't happen thanks to religion, in happened despite it.
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ClanOfNone
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Ah, but power is not an invention of mankind, but it can most definitely be derived from said inventions.
And that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely is one of the great truths.
Unknown Soldier
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Twitter is basically just a gigantic version of Resetera with 250+ million users. Reddit is basically just a gigantic version of Resetera with 50+ million users.
Sure, Resetera is more extreme and radical than Twitter and Reddit but they are basically degrees of the same thing.
NeoIkaruGAF
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Not religion. Anyone mentioning religion shows their poor comprehension of its vast role in human society and evolution. It's basically impossible to discuss anything about human history and culture without the role of religion in any shape or form. Christianity, in particular, was the driving force behind a lot of good things, including art, law, literature, social organization, charity and mutual help, the acknowledgment of human rights and the value of human life, and even science itself as a result of ongoing philosophical debate and the search for continuous improvement.
To assess that religion held back humanity is simply wrong, and demonstrably so. Corruption, inequity, paedophilia, gullible masses and a lot of other bad things are certainly not a consequence of religion, seeing how they persist and thrive in self-proclaiming secular societies. Being a rich, suppressive, retrograde piece of shit is not exclusive to men of any church.
OT, it's not easy to choose between nuclear weapons and cigarettes, as both things serve no purpose but destruction, just on different scales of magnitude and time.
To assess that religion held back humanity is simply wrong, and demonstrably so. Corruption, inequity, paedophilia, gullible masses and a lot of other bad things are certainly not a consequence of religion, seeing how they persist and thrive in self-proclaiming secular societies. Being a rich, suppressive, retrograde piece of shit is not exclusive to men of any church.
OT, it's not easy to choose between nuclear weapons and cigarettes, as both things serve no purpose but destruction, just on different scales of magnitude and time.
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Altar boys are the worst I agree.
It's all in the wrist
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What about religion in 2023? Is it still a good thing?
Jsisto
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I would say considering the most large scale harm and death happening in the modern world is being done, either directly or through puppet governments/weapon sales, by secular nations, it’s not really the problem.
lachesis
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It's easy to hate religion, but it was archaic way of controlling people. We now have social media, political ideologies etc.
Religion was an effective way to unite people in old days - and while it had a lot of side effects - but I think it's fair to credit religion as important human invention, that without it - we could be just roaming around as a neanderthals in hunter gatherer society...
Religion was an effective way to unite people in old days - and while it had a lot of side effects - but I think it's fair to credit religion as important human invention, that without it - we could be just roaming around as a neanderthals in hunter gatherer society...
Artoris
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you are confusing religion with philosophy
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Territory and power are causes of war, but they're linked to politics. Yes, politics end wars, but they also start them.
I did add the 'other' vote option so people could discuss something they believed to be worst that wasn't on the list.
Religion isn't a banned topic here. That's politics, which is why I didn't add that for an option. I didn't add religion because I disagree it is one of humanities worst inventions
Religion isn't the worst invention. It hasn't been the cause of most wars. It hasn't been, nor is it currently the cause of most deaths on the planet. It's also not the cause of the biggest problems facing humanity today.
Unknown Soldier
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Plastics will quietly be the worst disaster of them all. We have already filled our oceans with trillions of bits of plastic. The planet is now so polluted with plastic that cleaning it up will likely be impossible.
jufonuk
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Ok robot boy calm down.
