Atheist Evangelism

[FrustratedFool]

I know some wonderful people who are also religious.  Their belief fills some need for them and it doesn't hurt me.  At their core, they are good people.  Not because or in spite of their beliefs.

Propagating false information that indirectly contributes to the harm of others and which hinders social advancement harms people (and you, though you may not notice it) and increases suffering.

It doesn't matter if many religious people are good or not.  What matters is that their information is false and harmful and that it is easily spread.  Religion isn't a benign force.

I have known plenty of nice people with horrific beliefs and ideologies.  It doesn't stop the ideology being something the world would be better off without.

[The Grand Nudger]

What false or immoral teaching is contained within religious humanism?

[Thumpalumpacus]

Wouldn't the world be better if no one was religious?

How do you intend to attain that? Anti-religious bigotry may be atheist, but I wouldn't call it good to round up folks based on their beliefs and force them into reeducation camps.

So -- how do you want to do this? That's the nub.

[FrustratedFool]

In case Thump and Nudger are unaware, I have them on ignore.

[arewethereyet]

Please add me to the list. I would be honored to join them.

[Ahriman]

What false or immoral teaching is contained within religious humanism?

That humans matter, for one thing.

[The Grand Nudger]

I'd be willing to negotiate in your case.

Let's run with it. Humans don't matter, believing otherwise is either false or immoral. If so, then harming humans doesn't matter. Impeding human progress doesn't matter.

[Thumpalumpacus]

In case Thump and Nudger are unaware, I have them on ignore.

That's great. All that means to me is that I get to argue your points without you replying to the wider audience.

[Angrboda]

I know some wonderful people who are also religious.  Their belief fills some need for them and it doesn't hurt me.  At their core, they are good people.  Not because or in spite of their beliefs.

Propagating false information that indirectly contributes to the harm of others and which hinders social advancement harms people (and you, though you may not notice it) and increases suffering.

It doesn't matter if many religious people are good or not.  What matters is that their information is false and harmful and that it is easily spread.  Religion isn't a benign force.

I have known plenty of nice people with horrific beliefs and ideologies.  It doesn't stop the ideology being something the world would be better off without.

The amount of false information in our heads likely outweighs the true. You're also implying that false information is necessarily harmful. If I feel my lover is really good in bed, despite their not being so, I don't see how that produces harm.

[FrustratedFool]

Subjective assessments cannot be false.