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“Simply disabling specific critical thinking skills is all that is necessary for the god virus [to take control of a person].”

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“Deprivation or overstimulation, combined with fear and peer pressure, are the conversion tools of many religions. A loud Pentecostal service, an Evangelical revival, a…

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We acquire both the language and religious concepts from our immediate culture – at the same time. A child cannot discriminate between useful survival…

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“What did you know about sex before you started engaging in intercourse? That is rhe level of knowledge a priest has unless he is…

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Islam has some of the best defenses against other god viruses and has the potential to be more parasitically aggressive when consolidating political power…

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Religion has the capacity to silence critical thinking and create blindness in entire groups of people. It can infect the minds of followers so…

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Just as the chicken pox virus continues to live quietly in the body after the disease is gone, the god virus may live quietly…

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“Religion is evolving to survive but is losing the battle in many regions, largely because of the Internet. Sexual information is far more available…

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Education is the key to perpetuation of the [god] virus for the Taliban, Baptist or Catholic. If the virus cannot control public education, it…

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“the more educated and financially successful, the less religious a person is likely to be.”

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“It is not very romantic, but reality is a better basis for building a relationship than fantasizing about a soul mate or counting on…

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The lancet fluke (Dicrocoelium) infects the brain of ants by taking control and driving them to climb to the top of a blade of…

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“The abstinence-only programs and reclaimed-virginity movement make men and women ashamed of being sexual creatures before or outside of marriage.”

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