"I have spiritual tolerance and believe that true faith is a beautiful thing. Religion, however, is the most evil, man-made creation ever."
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I am an atheist, but my family members have varying degrees of faith. I see how much good faith based organizations can do, and that's a good thing that shouldn't be discounted. However, it doesn't begin to outweigh all the misery, hatred, and intolerance that organized religion has caused in the history of civilization. Far more evil than good has been done in the name of god.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson