(August 29, 2011 at 6:21 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Yet you think scientism is the only POV. I find that strange. You think that there is no merit in religion... I find that to be extremely arrogant and baselessly dissmissive.
Once again fr0d0, you manage to put words in my mouth. I never said 'scientism,' as you call it, is the only POV, and I'm not really sure why you leapt to that conclusion. All I said was that kids should learn critical thinking, and that science is more useful than religion. Also, I never said there was no merit in religion. Every once in awhile religion manages to squeeze out a nugget of truth, but to declare it as genius is to rob the word of all meaning.
Why would dismissing religion be arrogant? Because you demand that it has something useful for everyone? You may find comfort in it, but not everyone needs it. It is arrogance to assume that everyone should consider religion as a viable tool for understanding life.
fr0d0 Wrote:If you don't know what that genius is aren't you at least interested in what it is before you destroy it? Are you the equivellant of those assholes that destroyed the libraries at Greece?
I am well aware of religion brings to the table. I am not looking to destroy it, but I want to lessen its influence over things that should be secular. I am sorry that you seem to have such trouble understanding that even though I would like religion to play less of a role in the world, I am not out to destroy it.
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
