(August 1, 2019 at 11:41 pm)AFTT47 Wrote:(August 1, 2019 at 9:14 pm)Fierce Wrote: It's fun to believe in imaginary things when you're a kid; be young, be innocent while you can, because you'll be a people-hating adult soon enough. But there comes a time when childish things should be left in childhood. Just as Santa is left behind, so should fictional mythological notions such as religion.
That's not your call to make for an individual, though. If an individual is happier believing in a fantasy, who are you to decide for them that they are better off without it?
The real issue is when that individual's fantasy drives him or her to do things detrimental to society at large. THAT'S when it's a problem. If an individual is content and does not engage in political activism based on his/her fantasy, then what's the problem?
Live and let live as long as they are not acting to the detriment of the rest of us.
One is an issue of human rights, and nobody is debating that.
The issue is that when someone corrects you error, you don't freak out.
It is certainly not my call in any legal sense to force someone not to believe. But sorry, I'll WILL back up Galileo every fucking time.
If our species never questioned social norms, our species never would have left the caves.
