How do we stop giving religious movements airtime and oxygen without talking about them?

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The easy thing would be not to engage with religious people. Leave if you don’t like the talk. 
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The religious spend a lot of time telling others how to live their lives.  It is pretty difficult not to engage with it. And even harder to ignore.
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Even when people don't focus on religion, as it's traditionally thought.

Society, government, laws,
Spend a lot of time telling others how to live their lives.

Dismissing religion, doesn't dismiss the fact that humans place value judgements, in existence.
And being that values are subjective,
Being that  it's often 'painful to see people follow or inflict values upon others, that we find 'wrong.

Existence is going to have a lot of people, telling others how to live their lives.

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'Even if everyone destroyed theistic religions in society and history, became atheists, destroyed atheistic religions from society and history.

Religion would 'still exist, in all but name.

And variations would 'still be created anew.
Religion would return.
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It looks like everyone gives you a hard time. Religious people and atheists all speak their mind. If you don’t like it do something else. 
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I don't.

Timid says what he thinks.....(Gender assumed).

As we all say what we think.....Is it actually possible to not utter the thought that precedes the  function?


Have you been retreating lately Trade?

Good to see you back?
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Personally, I don't mind discussing the topic.
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Thanks for that Zed.

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You're welcome.
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Yes retreating is a good word. But I’m back for a while at least. 

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Good.