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	Former Archbishop of Canterbury: atheists use 9/11 as excuse to attack all religions

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1-11-2009 8:22 PM

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1-20-2009 8:28 AM

AcesLucky

It's a pretty good reason. The Crusades are over and the Inquisition (after several hundred years) is over, and yet, here we are still steeped in religious killing.

Iraq, Iran, Palestine, Israel, Muslims, Christians, it goes on and on.

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