RE: Why should religion have any influence on our lives?
October 3, 2014 at 6:02 am
(This post was last modified: October 3, 2014 at 6:04 am by Michael B.)
I think the reality is that when we live as a society, rather than purely as individuals, all the beliefs and values held by people in that society will influence each other. The only way to eliminate the influence of religion would be to eliminate religious people from society, just as the only way to eliminate the influence of any particular political view would be to eliminate those who hold that view.
Personally I am very comfortable in a pluralistic and multi-cultural society. I think pluralism often enriches society, if only because we have to learn to get along with people who are different, and who have different views and beliefs, from ourselves. Generally in the UK we have quite a mature pluralistic and mult-cultural society. Yes, there are tensions at times, but generally I think we've learned to get along pretty well in a society with very mixed ethnic and religious backgrounds. Rather than try to eliminate anything that marks people as 'different' we have learned to accept, and even embrace, those differences, allowing all to have a say in our society.
Personally I am very comfortable in a pluralistic and multi-cultural society. I think pluralism often enriches society, if only because we have to learn to get along with people who are different, and who have different views and beliefs, from ourselves. Generally in the UK we have quite a mature pluralistic and mult-cultural society. Yes, there are tensions at times, but generally I think we've learned to get along pretty well in a society with very mixed ethnic and religious backgrounds. Rather than try to eliminate anything that marks people as 'different' we have learned to accept, and even embrace, those differences, allowing all to have a say in our society.
