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Environment & Energy

Think. Again.

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24. I've always thought...

Reply to Brenda (Reply #23)

Tue May 28, 2024, 06:21 AM

May 2024

....the reasoning behind the centuries-old religious push for overpopulation is basically the same as the rightwingers (since they're mostly the same type of people), more people in any given religion means more pennies in the "collection" plate.

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