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*** Sometimes. Their track record on even-handedness is very uneven, both between various State chapters and between the local organizations and the national organization. As with all advocacy organizations, they have their own biases. |
*** Sometimes. Their track record on even-handedness is very uneven, both between various State chapters and between the local organizations and the national organization. As with all advocacy organizations, they have their own biases. |
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* For people who believe proprietary software is evil, Linux and other free/open source software can be a secular example. Quite a few packages exist solely to replace popular proprietary software, such as GIMP for Paint Shop Pro or Adobe Photoshop. |
* For people who believe proprietary software is evil, Linux and other free/open source software can be a secular example. Quite a few packages exist solely to replace popular proprietary software, such as GIMP for Paint Shop Pro or Adobe Photoshop. |
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** Worth to note that most of these were |
** Worth to note that most of these were never ''meant'' to be Moral Substitutes. GIMP, for instance, was created because Adobe [[No Export for You|doesn't port]] (Photoshop) or [[Bad Export for You|only lazily ports]] (*cough*flashplayer*cough<ref>(it's infamous for crashing any Linux browser outside Firefox... and even that on its bad days, amongst other problems.)</ref>) its products to Linux, which in turn was made mostly out of monetary reasons. |
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* [http://www.churchofreality.org/wisdom/welcome_home/ The Church of Reality] is a secular humanist alternative to religion, for people with an emotional or cultural need for religion but no belief in the supernatural. |
* [http://www.churchofreality.org/wisdom/welcome_home/ The Church of Reality] is a secular humanist alternative to religion, for people with an emotional or cultural need for religion but no belief in the supernatural. |
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* A whole industry of vegetarian products exists to provide replacements for burgers and bacon, among others. |
* A whole industry of vegetarian products exists to provide replacements for burgers and bacon, among others. |