The only 'good thing' that religion offers is the ILLUSION of a good thing that offers comfort to people through their delusion IMO.
IOW - the placebo effect. It doesn't ACTUALLY have any POSITIVE effect other than that (if you can CALL that positive, and in some special cases I'd personally say it is - placebo effects can help people's health etc, but you CAN get that without religion too of course) because it's all bullshit.
What I'm getting at here is that the 'thing to put in it's place' doesn't REALLY exist because religion has no positive place other than a placebo IMO....(that I can think of anyway???).
Obviously I'm talking about from now on I wouldn't want the churches or bibles to be trashed etc, I'm still interested in religion for HISTORICAL reasons...but talking about whether actually BELIEVING in it or not - the only positive effect I can think of is the placebo effect.
So talk about putting in its place....there's nothing to put in its place EXACTLY - because I don't think it really HAS a place to help other than a placebo.
If what you're after is another placebo as replacement, then it's still going to be SOME bullshit by definition (because placebo implies it doesn't 'actually work') and I mean I'd still at least personally - hate it if everyone was believing in something like, for instance - ASTROLOGY:S as a replacement for all the religious people :S
Although it would be better I'm sure because it's LESS harmful (but still unscientific to as much as anti-scientific bullshit).
What I would IDEALLY think would be best (and desire) PERSONALLY - is for everyone to understand that life can be excellent and wonderful WITHOUT believing in bullshit - but they'd have to learn to love reality for reality, just how it is - even in hardest of times when they desperately feel the need for comfort (and to seek comfort) and 'want more' - then is when the placebos and tempting and start to seem (ever) more real.
EvF
IOW - the placebo effect. It doesn't ACTUALLY have any POSITIVE effect other than that (if you can CALL that positive, and in some special cases I'd personally say it is - placebo effects can help people's health etc, but you CAN get that without religion too of course) because it's all bullshit.
What I'm getting at here is that the 'thing to put in it's place' doesn't REALLY exist because religion has no positive place other than a placebo IMO....(that I can think of anyway???).
Obviously I'm talking about from now on I wouldn't want the churches or bibles to be trashed etc, I'm still interested in religion for HISTORICAL reasons...but talking about whether actually BELIEVING in it or not - the only positive effect I can think of is the placebo effect.
So talk about putting in its place....there's nothing to put in its place EXACTLY - because I don't think it really HAS a place to help other than a placebo.
If what you're after is another placebo as replacement, then it's still going to be SOME bullshit by definition (because placebo implies it doesn't 'actually work') and I mean I'd still at least personally - hate it if everyone was believing in something like, for instance - ASTROLOGY:S as a replacement for all the religious people :S
Although it would be better I'm sure because it's LESS harmful (but still unscientific to as much as anti-scientific bullshit).
What I would IDEALLY think would be best (and desire) PERSONALLY - is for everyone to understand that life can be excellent and wonderful WITHOUT believing in bullshit - but they'd have to learn to love reality for reality, just how it is - even in hardest of times when they desperately feel the need for comfort (and to seek comfort) and 'want more' - then is when the placebos and tempting and start to seem (ever) more real.
EvF
