If you asked me what I thought the biggest problem caused by religion was, I'd say, "The fact that it justifies the way things are." It's not simply the fact that people believe that a God exists that gets to me. I can kind of understand why it would be that at various times and places in history people have come up with the idea that there might be forces operating outside of what we normally observe as the world around us. Honestly, if I thought it was all just an attempt to explain life, I'd feel differently. What gets to me is the fact that people who believe that there is a God and that God created the world are saying, in effect, that this is the way things are supposed to be. It's not only OK for them that the world is like it is, but this is to them the ideal scenario. Obviously, the way things are is far from perfect, and I think the religious explanation of life as is is just immoral by any standard.
What I'm trying to say here is that although I often hear athiest saying that belief in a deity is just dumb, I think it goes even deeper than that. I think it's bad for us as people.
What do you think? I know that some people believe that religion has been evolutionarily adaptable in the past, but I tend to think the opposite myself.
What I'm trying to say here is that although I often hear athiest saying that belief in a deity is just dumb, I think it goes even deeper than that. I think it's bad for us as people.
What do you think? I know that some people believe that religion has been evolutionarily adaptable in the past, but I tend to think the opposite myself.
