RE: "With or without religion.." Quote. Is Weinberg wrong?
December 31, 2014 at 11:06 am
(This post was last modified: December 31, 2014 at 11:07 am by sagersager1.)
Thanks for the reading, it does seem that for some people, using religion as an "umbrella" for their crazies is true. What is aggravating however, is those that say the only time religion does something wrong is when a crazy person is using it to justify their reasoning, but every time religion does something good, they are following the word of god.
Off the main topic for a moment, I wonder what you guys think about religion and superiority? It's a bit off topic but someone brought it up as a point against me before. Basically, they are trying to make the point that religion may not be the full result of brainwashing per se, it's that superiority was the primary reasoning for starting many of the wars, slaughters, and even some of the social issues we have in modern society (gay marriage, abortion, etc). I do agree that superiority shouldn't be ruled out as a factor, but from my own personal experience, as Hitchens put it, "the need to be sheep" ie - authority, and brainwashing, were the primary reasons for the cause of a lot of shit.
Off the main topic for a moment, I wonder what you guys think about religion and superiority? It's a bit off topic but someone brought it up as a point against me before. Basically, they are trying to make the point that religion may not be the full result of brainwashing per se, it's that superiority was the primary reasoning for starting many of the wars, slaughters, and even some of the social issues we have in modern society (gay marriage, abortion, etc). I do agree that superiority shouldn't be ruled out as a factor, but from my own personal experience, as Hitchens put it, "the need to be sheep" ie - authority, and brainwashing, were the primary reasons for the cause of a lot of shit.
