RE: The Not-so-elephant In The Room
December 11, 2015 at 7:12 pm
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2015 at 7:15 pm by Simon Moon.)
(December 11, 2015 at 6:44 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(December 11, 2015 at 6:19 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: Because ones beliefs don't live in a vacuum. Your beliefs inform your actions.
The fact that you already hold un-evidenced, irrational beliefs, pollutes your mind and makes you more susceptible to buy into further un-evidenced and irrational beliefs.
Many moderates among every religion, given the right circumstances, or maybe the right charismatic leader, can be radicalized.
The fact that you seem to be quite moderate, does not change the fact that calling yourself a Catholic, gives passive approval for the more radical among those that also label themselves as "Catholic". When the leaders of your church make idiotic statements, like, condoms cause the spread of aids in Africa, whether you like it or not, your belonging to that church is passively supportive of statements like that.
I'm not "moderate" at all. I'm a devout, practicing Catholic and I agree with and stand by all the doctrinal teachings of the Church.
Including the fact that there is zero evidence to support the Catholic Church's claim that using condoms spread aids?! And mountains of evidence to support the fact that condoms reduce the spread of aids?
And you ask how your beliefs make the world a worse place?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
