(March 20, 2019 at 9:42 am)tackattack Wrote: So if the problem is systemic in the species, why rail against one group (religious)? If some people feel being religious helps them be better people or some people see religion as a more objective moral authority than society, doesn't that mean it makes a positive difference (whether entirely peaceful or not)?
Feeling that something does you good, is not the same as saying it has any real divine power to make you only do good. It only means the person holding that label as the source of good means they believe it does.
The reality worldwide in our entire species history, is that we have always displayed both acts of cruelty and compassion. Claiming that one is good because of a label only means they believe the label is the source. It does not mean the label has any real power.
I believe someone when they say they believe it is the source.. Not the point. I simply doubt that is where our behaviors as a species are coming from.
