Ban Religion - are you for or against it and why?

[Tearjerker]

True, not everyone will suddenly fall victim, but many will.

How is wanting to believe ever convincing?

Perhaps that would need a topic of it's own, but it's as convincing as anything else can be. At some point any follower of a cult or religion was convinced that these paths are the right path for them, as someone like me convinced that not following those paths is.

So you wouldn't ban a cult that sacrifices humans or willing hurts humans?

That's a cult and an entirely different slough, we are talking about religions.

scientology is a dangerous cult in france and a religion in the USA

Well I'm not too familiar with Scientology, but I reckon it's as dangerous as Islam, Christianity, Judaism and so on. What makes it look as a treat is that it's more recent.

So you wouldn't ban a cult that sacrifices humans or willing hurts humans?

That's a cult and an entirely different slough, we are talking about religions.

A religion is merely a cult that has achieved legitimacy through government recognition.

Well both views are correct, so we should have the title adjusted, IMO both are equally dangerous in variety of ways. All said I thought we were talking about religions by this definition.

Cult usually suggest a weirder way of committing oneself to an ideology.