When people tell you that "religion is harmless", remember to point out that that view is a matter of perspective and not objective fact, then back your claim up by quoting a few of the instances where religion is causing real harm in the world. Here's another example for you. Mubarak Bala, an atheist from Nigeria is the president of the Humanist Association there, an innocuous past-time you would have thought, perhaps even suggestive of a desire to do good works in his community. The religion soaked Government in Nigeria however decided that he's deserving of a few years in the slammer for, wait for it, "blasphemy", yes Mr. Bala's "crime" is that age-old chestnut of criticizing Islam. Under the state law in his home district this so called "crime" is punishable by two years in prison, under Islamic Sharia law it's punishable by death, that's the great thing about religious "laws", there are just so many to choose from, it's almost like they're just a bunch of parochial, made-up, BS..
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