RE: Atheist Evangelism
October 24, 2023 at 1:38 pm
(This post was last modified: October 24, 2023 at 1:46 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 24, 2023 at 11:42 am)Ahriman Wrote:(October 24, 2023 at 11:39 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: You'll probably have to flesh that one out. Why would teaching people biology lead to a secular religion? How should we explain why so many who have been taught biology didn;t come to a secular religion, or how so many who have been taught biology didn't come to a religion of social darwinism?
Most people who get taught that stuff in school end up becoming secularists.
You probably have that relationship backwards, and you wind up arguing against yourself in the explanation. Theists and social darwinists alike believe (and have long believed) that biology is the proof in the pudding for their assertions - but it remains unclear how teaching biology leads to the notion that governments should be for all of the people regardless of and against none of the people on the basis of their religious beliefs.
Perhaps the misunderstanding is even deeper. Between descriptive and metaethical positions. Between understanding that a thing can be a true description of what we do, even if it's not a true description of what we should do. When you think about biology, does it turn you into a secularist or a social darwinist? If evolution is true*, should we be secularists? Should we be social darwinists, in your estimation?
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