Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that.

Richard Dawkins
Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might...
Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might...
Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might...
Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might...
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Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that. The tragedy of 9/11 showed how very wrong some of those beliefs can be. Beliefs so strong that they lead to people committing murder and suicide.

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