(June 16, 2016 at 3:45 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote:(June 16, 2016 at 3:31 pm)Redbeard The Pink Wrote: My problem with it is that it invariably erodes critical thinking and human rights, and it informs the decisions these people make...decisions which could affect me.
I do not care that it comforts them, or that they use charity work as a way to cram their message. The cost is just too high.
I'm pretty sure they likewise don't care if you care. Like us they probably don't make all their decisions with the goal of maximizing the peace of mind of people who think differently than they do.
The question was not about whether we should care what others think, but whether we should just accept that religion is a thing and stop fighting to shrink it or at least halt its spread.
For an alleged atheist to show up here and say "Why don't we just happily coexist with religion because, I mean really, what harm does it actually do?" is completely asinine because it ignores all the harm that religion does, in fact, do.
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
