Brainstorm

[Excited Penguin]

Here, you are dear

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Serious question, why do you want to get rid of religion altogether? Do you get some sort of joy out of taking away things that make people happy? Do you also take candy from children?

That is not fair.  I also want an eradication of religion.

Same question to you then.

ETA: it's worded with a bit of cheekiness, Kit, because that's how I feel like rolling tonight. But if you can read through my cheeky demeanor, it's just a simple question. There are plenty of religions and plenty of religious people who harm no one but are comforted by their religious beliefs. Why would you wish to take that from them?

Religion is false hope.  It provides nothing except disappointment in relation to reality.

It provides you nothing but disappointment. It makes a lot of people feel safe and happy, why would you get to define someone else's happiness as false. That's what seems unfair to me.

Some people are adults and do not wish to be raised by you at all. I think wearing a lot of make up and fancy clothes gives people a false sense of beauty when in reality they should find a why to be happy with the way they truly look. But I don't want to get rid of make up altogether or go out into the world urging people not to use make up. I point it out when I see this fake version of beauty becoming harmful, but otherwise I let people live their own lives.

You're mixing concepts that do not connect.

Not really, speaking strictly of religion that does no harm, my analogy fits well. I never consider it my place to try to tell other people what to think or how to feel or what to believe. That's my main issue I had with religion. So for me to turn around and tell religious people to stop believing would be hypocritical. If it's something you want to get passionate about getting rid of religion, more power to you I guess. I won't be joining and I don't really think it will ever be successful.

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This is about religion, not an objection to how I envisioned we talk about things, which the OP is mainly about. My question was only so it could kick off the conversation.