(February 1, 2016 at 6:59 am)Excited Penguin Wrote:(February 1, 2016 at 6:54 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: From your point of view. From the Christian's point of view, it is the exact opposite.
Yes, I know. And that is unfortunate. We ought to find a way to deal with that.
Gee, that's the same sort of thinking that the Nazis had regarding Jews. We see how well that worked out. There are still Jewish people on this earth today. Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting you are thinking about killing millions of people, but to eradicate the erroneous (in your opinion) thinking of religious people, something drastic needs to be done. I've yet to see your suggestions. Merely educating them is too general of an answer.
Look, I get what you're aiming for: total abolishment of all religions, but honestly, it's never going to happen. There are over 7 billion people on the planet. People are born and people die every day. You can't reach them all and there isn't time for that. If it were possible, don't you think it would have successfully happened already? Certainly you aren't the first individual to have this thought. (Again, the Nazis). I guarantee you won't be the last. The Nazis tried and failed miserably to eradicate an entire group of people. As a result, several Nations stood together and fought against their dictatorial thinking. Look who won.
As long as people can think freely for themselves, and they aren't personally having a direct impact on your ability to think and do what you want then, live and let live. If a group of people want to gather and do what they, collectively as a group, believe is right, as long as they aren't demanding that it become law and they aren't harming others or requiring that others follow their beliefs, then they aren't having an impact on anyone else's life. AND, if it happens to be a religious group who spends every Saturday helping out at a homeless shelter after a prayer meeting, who is anyone to say they are wrong in their beliefs?
If you're talking about creating laws that prohibit religious people from assembling or preaching or indoctrinating, then you are in violation of a persons rights (at least here in the US).
Let's suppose for a second, that this is what you're suggesting and let's suppose, for argument sake that such laws were enacted. Just because there are laws on the books saying certain things are illegal, doesn't stop them from happening.
For example:
Kids are, to use your word, educated in school about violence, yet there are still gangs and violence running rampant in this country. If society has done what it can to educate and teach the young kids about right and wrong, and there is STILL violence, what makes anyone think that teaching reason against religion is going to be any different? Furthermore, how exactly would one go about enforcing the law and what sort of punishment do you feel would fit the crime?
Disclaimer: I am only responsible for what I say, not what you choose to understand.
