Funny, I think about this a lot. I haven't been entirely convinced of the "pure evil that religion is" also. I don't buy it.
Also, I don't buy that religion has held no purpose and will never hold any real purpose. I think that religion was a crucial tool to human evolution (cognitively). Also, I think that religion does a lot of help for a lot of people. Especially in the mental health world. But I also acknowledge that religion is probably a lot less necessary now than it has been and that religion can be and has been an extremely harmful thing as well.
I do not have any evidence to my thoughts. But I refuse to be so polarized and subscribe to such "black and white" thinking, or "all or nothing" unbalanced conclusions.
Just keep religion out of my schools, out of my home, out of my work, out of legislation, and promote a healthy secular government. That's all I vouch for. If this is created and maintained, I couldn't honestly give a damn what someone believes in their brain, their home, and their church. Keep it where it belongs.
Oh, and also, keep that shit away from children. Childhoods should be ideologically neutral.
Yes, this may be an impossible compromise for the religious, but that's why we are fighting.
So is religion 100% evil and useless for the betterment of man kind. I don't know. But at least 85%-95% of fundamentalism is.
Also, I don't buy that religion has held no purpose and will never hold any real purpose. I think that religion was a crucial tool to human evolution (cognitively). Also, I think that religion does a lot of help for a lot of people. Especially in the mental health world. But I also acknowledge that religion is probably a lot less necessary now than it has been and that religion can be and has been an extremely harmful thing as well.
I do not have any evidence to my thoughts. But I refuse to be so polarized and subscribe to such "black and white" thinking, or "all or nothing" unbalanced conclusions.
Just keep religion out of my schools, out of my home, out of my work, out of legislation, and promote a healthy secular government. That's all I vouch for. If this is created and maintained, I couldn't honestly give a damn what someone believes in their brain, their home, and their church. Keep it where it belongs.
Oh, and also, keep that shit away from children. Childhoods should be ideologically neutral.
Yes, this may be an impossible compromise for the religious, but that's why we are fighting.
So is religion 100% evil and useless for the betterment of man kind. I don't know. But at least 85%-95% of fundamentalism is.
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