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Religion

Major Nikon

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Reply to Blues Heron (Reply #5)

Sat Apr 27, 2019, 09:27 PM

Apr 2019

Hinduism and Buddhism are two of the largest religions on earth and do not have deities as part of their core doctrine. Meanwhile there's no shortage of irreligious people who still believe in metaphysical hocus pocus.

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