RE: Atheist Evangelism
October 25, 2023 at 2:21 pm
(This post was last modified: October 25, 2023 at 3:00 pm by Simon Moon.)
(October 24, 2023 at 11:35 am)Ahriman Wrote:(October 24, 2023 at 4:43 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: I doubt those actually work all that well.
Teaching evolution seems far more effective.
No? Teaching them evolution will just make them adopt secularism/social darwinism as their religion.
How are you defining "secularism"?
If you are defining it in most widely used definition (Secularism is the principle of seeking to conduct human affairs based on naturalistic considerations, uninvolved with religion), please tell us why that is a bad thing?
Social Darwinism is not really a thing anymore. It is highly criticized, and completely misunderstands parts of evolution, specifically, the concept of "survival of the fittest".
And, finally, neither secularism nor social Darwinism, are religions.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
