(December 22, 2009 at 8:26 am)chatpilot Wrote: Basing laws on religious principles is a bad idea as is evident by Christianity's history and its horrible effects on modern society.
Basing laws on natural selection, while the outcome would be, most likely, better doesn't justify the means either.
(December 22, 2009 at 8:26 am)chatpilot Wrote: Because of the bible and its mythical God's precepts, gays, abortionists, atheists, and many other groups are targets of all sorts of prejudices and societal hatred. Religion fosters bigotry and intolerance and the very herd mentality that has caused so much unnecessary strife in so many aspects of our modern society, all based on the ignorance of primarily the bible.
Religion does foster lots of good and bad ideals. It's people's interpretations that lead to strife, bigotry and intoleance. The institution of religion is very different than my personal walk with God.
