(August 29, 2011 at 2:54 pm)salty Wrote: Lastly, your personal decision to deny Christ does absolutely nothing to stop people from suffering around the world...
And your personal decision to live in delusion that god slaughtered is own son for you does nothing to help suffering either. Only actions help people, and when it comes to ending suffering, beliefs are irrelevant.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell