RE: Poor uneducated unintelligent aheists
May 13, 2011 at 6:46 pm
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2011 at 6:57 pm by Whirling Moat.)
Peace....
There is nothing wrong with them taking it. They are poor and not represented with equity in the social arrangement. There is no way to justify why a poor person should behave morally the same way as those who have unless you insert the idea of a impending retribution. Just think about it..When you say "You shouldn't do that" to a poor and desperate person and they respond "Why not?"...Without bringing up calling the cops or being caught and going to jail..What else do you have??
Whirling Moat
Peace....
I agree with Marx here... If religion goes so must the condition which requires it. If you take away the illusion and leave the condition in place the people will revolt violently. if you intend to liberate the mind you must liberate the people..if you intend to slowly reveal truth you must steadily improve their condition.
Whirling Moat
(May 13, 2011 at 10:14 am)SleepingDemon Wrote: I'm in no way advocating criminality, but if people were to stop praying that some god would provide, and took responsibility for improving their situations, how would that be a bad thing? A large percentage of criminals are the poor, who have accepted this notion that taking what they want instead of earning it is acceptable. Implying that religion in any way prevents it is a clear disregard for the evidence. People need to believe in each other, not sky papa.
There is nothing wrong with them taking it. They are poor and not represented with equity in the social arrangement. There is no way to justify why a poor person should behave morally the same way as those who have unless you insert the idea of a impending retribution. Just think about it..When you say "You shouldn't do that" to a poor and desperate person and they respond "Why not?"...Without bringing up calling the cops or being caught and going to jail..What else do you have??
Whirling Moat
Peace....
Quote:To continue the Marx quote: "The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. To call on them to give up their illusions about their condition is to call on them to give up a condition that requires illusions. The criticism of religion is, therefore, in embryo, the criticism of that vale of tears of which religion is the halo."
I agree with Marx here... If religion goes so must the condition which requires it. If you take away the illusion and leave the condition in place the people will revolt violently. if you intend to liberate the mind you must liberate the people..if you intend to slowly reveal truth you must steadily improve their condition.
Whirling Moat
