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Having neither heard of the book or author your post got me to at least go to Amazon and find out what the book has to say. I forced myself to read the reviews and comments after reading the subtitle of the book How Religion Poisons Everything. That told me that the author has an axe to grind. Also that subtitle is patently untrue from my personal experience, where I know my church has contributed to saving lives in our community (without trying to convert I might add and regardless of faith or lack thereof). But after reading all the comments and reviews my feelings are along the lines of Younglobo's and Ole's. Still interested in hearing your take after you finish it.
Unfortunately, religion gets tainted by those who falsely use it to their advantage. We seem to deplore sterotypes in modern culture, with the exception of lawyers, politicians and religion. IMO, two are justified, the other isn't
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