(February 1, 2016 at 3:18 am)Whateverist the White Wrote: For Kitan and Pengy, I don't wish for the destruction of religion because I do not desire to control what other people are into. Part of why I am an atheist is the desire to live in and experience the real world. Making massive changes to the world by fucking with other people's choices would conflict with that desire. There are very few things so heinous that I would feel the need to co-opt the choices of others. I'm not saying there are no circumstances in which I would oppose other people's choices, but their deepest held values isn't one of them.
Are you into Star Trek? Think of it as the prime directive.
Your perspective is not not not wrong.
It seems not everyone agrees that religion is bad. In light of that, my initial question seems obsolete now. I think it would be reasonable to point out, however, that the conversation has since evolved beyond that. It seems to me like now we're arguing whether religion is good or bad and whether we should somehow constrain it, be apathetic towards it or even encourage it( for some, I'm sure).
