(February 1, 2016 at 8:13 am)robvalue Wrote: "Banning religion" is simply impossible. You can't stop people thinking irrational thoughts, even if they don't share them with anyone. They could come up with their own religion in their head.
The most you can do in practical terms is to try and stop organised religion. I think this is a bad idea, while they're not actively hurting anyone or receiving special treatment, but even if you tried to you'd come up against the definition of what is and isn't organised religion. Would informal gatherings of people sharing ideas count? It's bordering on thought police.
Rather, I would advocate persuasion as a tool to make people shed their religios beliefs on their own.
