RE: Superstiton/religion & anti intellectualism
February 8, 2016 at 3:23 pm
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2016 at 3:23 pm by Excited Penguin.)
(February 8, 2016 at 2:29 pm)Brian37 Wrote: And you also falsely assume my only reason to do this is to convince believers. Not speaking out against bad claims, does not help those living under a given majority, confidence to do it themselves if they want to. So say, someone like Malala is not helped by silence, and former Muslims like Ayaan Hirsi Ali, also are not helped by silence. WW2 could have been completely avoided if enough Germans had seen through the bullshit Hitler sold.
"Never" is not an option. Nobody is advocating or should advocate the forced end of religion. But "never offend" is just flat out wrong.
I'm not talking about not offending someone. Some people are just not persuaded by you if you bring them facts and you argue with them, though. It's just the reality of it. Pretending something will work when it doesn't won't get you anywhere.
How the hell did you go off on those ridiculous tangents exactly?
