(June 21, 2014 at 4:40 pm)Arthur123 Wrote: Understood. Well, on this front religion can give people hope and a purpose that may otherwise not have any. Let's say the world was going to end tomorrow and only the government knew. I could see morally permissible reasons for them withholding information in this case
That's a reasonable debate to have though I find it hard to justify supporting the spread of delusion, at the gain of some superficial sense of comfort, when the cost also involves so much fear, guilt, and constricting ideologies about human progress, health, and well-being.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
