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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 25 Feb 2015

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      1. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 25 Feb 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @amazon does it benefit us to tell the dying that there is no God and that they won't be reunited with their spouses in heaven?

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      2. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 25 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @amazon Curious... Will rape, murder, neglect, theft, abuse, lying, cheating, etc. suddenly disappear if religion disappeared?

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      3. Secular‏ @SecularTexan 25 Feb 2015
        Replying to @JeBroo5

        @JeBroo5 @sapinker @amazon That promise will get you off the religious teet?

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      4. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 25 Feb 2015
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        @SecularTexan @sapinker hmm? Without being religious, I still say with confidence that if religion disappeared, bad people would still exist

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      5. Secular‏ @SecularTexan 25 Feb 2015
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        @JeBroo5 @sapinker Of course bad people will exist. With religion good ppl get the get-out-of-the jail card to do unspeakable evil things.

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      6. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 25 Feb 2015
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        @SecularTexan @sapinker sort of. Religion just helps them justify what they always wanted to do anyway. They'll justify it 1 way or another

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      7. Secular‏ @SecularTexan 25 Feb 2015
        Replying to @JeBroo5

        @JeBroo5 @sapinker Did you even read my tweet? It does not talk about evil people, it talks about good people or pious people.

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      8. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 25 Feb 2015
        Replying to @SecularTexan

        @SecularTexan @sapinker my intuition was that "bad" people are the ones who try 2 get out of jail free, not "good" ones. Hence the confusion

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      1. Edgeoforever 🖖‏ @edgeoforever 25 Feb 2015
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        @corgusa @sapinker @amazon This is the funniest tweet I read all day. Ny all means, go ahead! Boycott Amazon!

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      1. jabial‏ @jabial 25 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker Wow. Is this supposed to be an example of the sound reasoning of scientific atheism? @amazon

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