RE: A list of all of God's crimes
June 9, 2012 at 9:02 pm
(This post was last modified: June 9, 2012 at 9:03 pm by Brian37.)
(June 9, 2012 at 8:48 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(June 9, 2012 at 8:43 pm)Brian37 Wrote: That is just watered down woo. Personal or impersonal anyone claiming an invisible being is still claiming an invisible being.
So? Does them doing so harm you?
Nice dodge. It isn't a matter of anyone's personal right via government to make any claim they want. Jefferson too was a deist, I valued what he set up for society, but that does not make his, or anyone's pet deity real. The issue is the ability to prove the credibility of what one claims, not their personal rights. I value their right to make any claim they want, but equally valuable is the ability to question.
When you start suggesting "what harm does it do", what you are doing is knowingly or unwittingly supporting the idea of a taboo statues to protect their insecurities.
Religion has done great harm to our species, any form of dogmatism does that, even political dogmatism can be as dangerous to a society as a religion.
The Dark Ages, witch hunts, 9/11/2001, slavery sexism and homophobia are all done under the guise of religion which has access and influence on governments. No one should suggest religion can be pragmatically outlawed, but the only way to make the changes to improve humanity and get away from those destructive behaviors, is the ability to question. If our species never questioned social norms our species never would have left the caves. We would still have theocracies in the west, still have slavery, and even still today religion promotes homophobia which needs to be questioned.