Hello Michelle, and welcome to this friendly meeting place with freethinkers like you who recognise that religion is a grand deception aimed at controlling vulnerable superstitious people, including defenceless children; and you know how tragic and inexcusable it is that women and minorities have been oppressed these last two thousand years and even longer.

Terry Meaden
founder of the busy group "ORIGINS: Universe, Life, Earth, Humans, Religion, Evolution, Darwin..." with its 280 discussion topics.
We invite you to join us and 1666 others.
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