(May 14, 2014 at 8:19 am)Hegel Wrote: (1) What are/is the function(s) of religion?
Does malfunction have a function? Does cancer have a function?
(May 14, 2014 at 8:19 am)Hegel Wrote: (2) Should someone who does not believe in the truth claims of organized religions (atheists in particular) change his/her view towards religion if it is accpeted that religion actually has beneficial function for a society that our secular age is in danger of destroying?
A lie is still a lie even if it seems to offer some incidental benefit.
(May 14, 2014 at 8:19 am)Hegel Wrote: (3) How could these functions, if one remains thoroughly secular in one's ethics and thought, be implemented within a secular framework; should an atheist or a secularist develop a secular religion, and if so, what could it look?
Name some that you woud alledge to be incidental benefits of religion, and we will go from there.
