RE: The Biological Value of Religion
August 25, 2014 at 10:26 am
(This post was last modified: August 25, 2014 at 10:26 am by Whateverist.)
I agree. Religion is a huge tent. In it you find a wide variety of people believing hugely divergent things. It includes many examples of atrocities but the beliefs espoused by those who do them are very different from those espoused on this forum by Michael or Jacob before he converted. I imagine it must be very difficult to keep your balance as an open-minded, agnostic theist.
On the other side, we atheists should avoid painting it all with a single brush. When you hold up the worst examples of religion, it is easy but also a mistake to attach them to all of religion. Here too, a dose of agnosticism can keep one from sliding into confirmation bias which narrows and prejudices what we see.
On the other side, we atheists should avoid painting it all with a single brush. When you hold up the worst examples of religion, it is easy but also a mistake to attach them to all of religion. Here too, a dose of agnosticism can keep one from sliding into confirmation bias which narrows and prejudices what we see.
