(May 11, 2015 at 6:21 pm)mbk734 Wrote: I can think of a few good things religion does but several more things that are harmful to people/society (particularly young people):
Good things:
Controls the masses (fear of God/sinning), gives terminally ill/elderly (false) hope, many volunteer/help the homeless/poor, there is some wisdom in some of the religious texts, but mostly BS
Bad things:
Radicalism, terrorism, gang like, brainwashes young people, false hope of afterlife, puts fear in people, religious institutions are tax-free businesses, people waste their time at religious institutions/reading about religion, religion makes us superior to animals and pits religions against each other (tribe like)
Please help me add to my list either good things or bad things about religion. Thank you.
we would have to properly weight the events. Some people cannot handle putting a number to children suffering. Until then its just hear say. And the millions helped compared to tens of thousands hurt make it worthwhile. besides, I half think it's our laws that make bad people able to exploit religion as a weapon. Not religion by itself.
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