RE: If you could make religion illegal
January 19, 2018 at 1:52 pm
(This post was last modified: January 19, 2018 at 1:56 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(January 19, 2018 at 1:30 pm)pool the matey Wrote: If you could make religion illegal, as in, a complete ban on anything and everything that is religious, would you do it or not?
I ask this because a lot of atheists I know think religion is the root of evil. Most of the atheists I know would prefer if religion just disappeared, so I'm guessing they would make it illegal in a heartbeat.
A great majority of religion already -is- banned. We don't exactly let people sacrifice a virgin to the volcano, no matter how strongly held their beliefs. The remainder is only tolerated insomuch as we decide it's not as bad as that...though the "genteel" religions have made it a hobby to test that boundary.
Personally, I think that banning all religion would invariably apply more shit on top of what's already a mountain of shit even if it would provide some palpable and specific benefit. So, no. Better to address the issue on a personal and non-legal level;..so that we get the specific and palpable benefits without all the poor schmucks martyring themselves to pixies.
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