# a couple of GOOD things about religion (imho)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-good-things-about-religion-imho/545789>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 6, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-good-things-about-religion-imho/545789 "2010-07-06T23:01:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-good-things-about-religion-imho/545789/41 "2010-09-15T20:34:46Z")

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> [@Clothahump](#):
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> Ten years of research showed me that religion of any flavor is a lie.

Care to elaborate on this? What sort of research, and how did it show you that?

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**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-good-things-about-religion-imho/545789/42 "2010-09-15T20:37:06Z")

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When I’m inside the Sainte Chappelle in Paris, I can see what good religion can do, artistically.

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-good-things-about-religion-imho/545789/43 "2010-09-15T20:47:52Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> > [@Clothahump](#):
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> > Ten years of research showed me that religion of any flavor is a lie.
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> Care to elaborate on this? What sort of research, and how did it show you that?

\*\<looks at reality\>

\<looks at religion\>\*

Nope, they don’t match. That was an easy bit of research.

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