I think that, at times, religious organisations have done good work. E.g. The Salvation Army. On the other hand I've never met a Roman Catholic woman that hadn't been screwed up by her religion....but what do you expect from a relgion based on guilt. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Steven Brust [mailto:skzb at dreamcafe.com] Sent: 28 November 2002 08:03 To: David Dyer-Bennet; dragaera at dragaera.info Subject: Re: The Religion Debate At 08:56 PM 11/27/2002 -0600, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > >Maybe. I object strenuously to the whole concept of religion, >spirituality, etc. It's superstitious nonsense, and hurts people, and >destroys great civilizations. Okay, but other than that, does it do any harm?