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25 Post author: Emile 13 December 2010 04:20PM

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Comment author: WrongBot 15 December 2010 06:09:51PM 5 points [-]

Religious questions are much easier than political questions, and can be answered with much more certainty. Political questions are also detrimental to sane discussion because they often rest upon (disguised) moral questions, which encourage tribalism and are harder still to resolve, if they can be resolved at all.