RE: What does religion have to offer?
July 16, 2019 at 5:36 pm
(This post was last modified: July 16, 2019 at 5:37 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(July 16, 2019 at 5:10 pm)Brian37 Wrote: It is simply a false perception, a comforting lie, a placebo.
It is simply a comic book reflection of our evolutionary grouping, our desire to survive.
That's what it is, certainly. And you touched tangentially on what it provides - comfort. Is a comforting lie any less comforting because it isn't true?
There's a terrific story by Twain called 'Was It Heaven? Or Hell?' in which two elderly, devout sisters go against their faith to tell a series of lies to their niece and great-niece so neither will know the other one is dying. These lies serve no other purpose but to comfort two terminally ill people. Religion is much the same - false, but comforting. And I'd be the last person to deny anyone comfort.
Boru
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