RE: Human Psychosis Hidden As Religion/Christianity
March 9, 2009 at 12:16 pm
(This post was last modified: March 9, 2009 at 9:33 pm by Mark.)
Well, religious belief certainly does not equate with psychosis. To say that it does is at best a metaphor and at worst an expression of bigotry. I am indeed quite suspicious of atheists whose belief appears to facilitate their very strong conviction that they're superior to other people.
I do agree that all religious belief is fundamentally a delusion, and that religion on a social level does more harm than good, and I am quite willing to say so to religious believers. But as someone who is interested in engaging these people and winning them over, the last thing I would do would be to say that they personally were sick or morally deficient. It would be a lie, in any case.
I agree that there is an important sense in which all religions are equally false. Nevertheless I will agree that there is something uniquely preposterous, indeed repulsive, about the Trinity and the Christian account of the supposed Christ's life, deeds and purposes, particularly those versions that would have the bulk of humanity condemned to eternal torment in a lake of fire. The idea that the whole Cosmos was created as a backdrop to an immorality-getting game for a particular species of ape on this particular planet really stands out among the world's religions for its anthropomorphism and triviality.
I do agree that all religious belief is fundamentally a delusion, and that religion on a social level does more harm than good, and I am quite willing to say so to religious believers. But as someone who is interested in engaging these people and winning them over, the last thing I would do would be to say that they personally were sick or morally deficient. It would be a lie, in any case.
I agree that there is an important sense in which all religions are equally false. Nevertheless I will agree that there is something uniquely preposterous, indeed repulsive, about the Trinity and the Christian account of the supposed Christ's life, deeds and purposes, particularly those versions that would have the bulk of humanity condemned to eternal torment in a lake of fire. The idea that the whole Cosmos was created as a backdrop to an immorality-getting game for a particular species of ape on this particular planet really stands out among the world's religions for its anthropomorphism and triviality.
