RE: Religion stifles Moral Evolution
December 1, 2017 at 11:44 am
(This post was last modified: December 1, 2017 at 11:52 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Religious fundamentalism makes no sense outside of the context of "the religion itself". That a believers religiosity has a converse and equally proportionate relationship to their decency is a commonly remarked upon observation.
If religious fundamentalism is a problem..it's because the fundamental ideology of the religion itself is trash. Those people are decent in spite of their professed beliefs..and..frankly..none of them manage to -completely- divorce themselves from those beliefs. At it's very best....it's very best...religion turns mildly horrid ideology into the believers notion of piety and goodness - and that's more dangerous and chilling than overt fucked up-ed-ness.
If the problem were fundamentalism itself..then rational fundamentalism, or even ethical fundamentalism would be a problem. "Lowering IQs and stifling moral evolution". The problem isn't the ism..it's the fundament. GIGO, Full stop.
If religious fundamentalism is a problem..it's because the fundamental ideology of the religion itself is trash. Those people are decent in spite of their professed beliefs..and..frankly..none of them manage to -completely- divorce themselves from those beliefs. At it's very best....it's very best...religion turns mildly horrid ideology into the believers notion of piety and goodness - and that's more dangerous and chilling than overt fucked up-ed-ness.
If the problem were fundamentalism itself..then rational fundamentalism, or even ethical fundamentalism would be a problem. "Lowering IQs and stifling moral evolution". The problem isn't the ism..it's the fundament. GIGO, Full stop.
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