(May 29, 2010 at 7:32 pm)tackattack Wrote: I agree dbp, but focusing on trying to eradicate the belief instead of the zealotry, ignorance, bigotry or hypocrisy that actually instigates the action is like cutting the weed instead of pulling it by it's roots.
Absolutely. I'm not in favour of social engineering to force people to change their beliefs, or anything like that.
Just because I think that religion is institutionalized craziness doesn't mean that I'd advocate forcing you to take some sort of pill to 'cure' you. I'm all in favour of tolerating craziness (of whatever sort) as long as it doesn't actually harm people.
He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.
Mikhail Bakunin
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything
Friedrich Nietzsche
Mikhail Bakunin
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything
Friedrich Nietzsche