RE: Just a little rant:
May 8, 2012 at 2:15 pm
(This post was last modified: May 8, 2012 at 2:17 pm by Tempus.)
(May 8, 2012 at 12:57 pm)The Heff Wrote: Sometimes allowing a person to come to a realisation can be infinitely more powerful than arguing a point (even absurd ones).
I agree with that.
(May 8, 2012 at 1:08 pm)Chris.Roth Wrote: Is religion required for us to survive? I think that's a really interesting question, considering we don't have many examples of humanity without religion.
It's clearly not required for individuals to survive. I don't think it is for society either. I think Japan has about a roughly 60% atheist population (that's from memory, it may be higher or lower) and their society isn't crumbling, so I can't see how it's required. There's plenty of examples of atheism in individuals and in societies, it just seems early societies (which, although linked, are distinct from present day societies) are more (perhaps exclusively) religious. It could be that religion of some kind is a helpful glue for early societies.
