RE: All This Talk of 'Morals'
October 24, 2013 at 9:38 am
(This post was last modified: October 24, 2013 at 9:39 am by max-greece.)
"Perfectly said: religion can't make a good person bad, but it can make them more susceptible to bad suggestions under the mistaken impression that they're actually serving some greater, inaccessible good. It slides hate in under the skin, by pretending it's somehow worthy in the eyes of god. "
The evidence would suggest otherwise. What is the betting that if you had met the guys that flew planes into buildings on 9/11 when they were kids they would have appeared to be perfectly normal little boys.
I would argue that religion, along with some political ideologies are a requirement to get people to do really evil things.
As Chris Hitchens used to say:
"Think of a good thing an theist can do that an atheist can't.
No? OK - try this one.
Now think of an evil thing a religious person might do that an atheist wouldn't. Oh, you already have, and another...."
The evidence would suggest otherwise. What is the betting that if you had met the guys that flew planes into buildings on 9/11 when they were kids they would have appeared to be perfectly normal little boys.
I would argue that religion, along with some political ideologies are a requirement to get people to do really evil things.
As Chris Hitchens used to say:
"Think of a good thing an theist can do that an atheist can't.
No? OK - try this one.
Now think of an evil thing a religious person might do that an atheist wouldn't. Oh, you already have, and another...."
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