[lbo-talk] A time of doubt for atheists

[Jim Devine]

Wojtek: 
> I think there is plenty of evidence that the priestly class is a bunch of
> parasites pr(a)eying (pun intended) on human misery, uncertainty, and
> emotional needs for closure and connectedness.

it's important to distinguish between organized religion -- which has
a priestly class or the like -- and religious faith -- which need not
be organized. There's a difference between anti-clericalism and
atheism.

-- 
Jim Devine
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" -- Richard Feynman