RE: A couple of questions for atheists
January 5, 2015 at 10:45 am
(This post was last modified: January 5, 2015 at 10:50 am by Jacob(smooth).)
(January 5, 2015 at 9:36 am)Spooky Wrote:(January 5, 2015 at 9:01 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Citation please....
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_crisis
Honestly this is kind of a "duh" moment. Scaring children into compliance with hell is terrible just on the face of it.
Edit: Presently at work, posting using my phone. So I'm not in my Library and able to cite any better sources.
C'mon. Yes people can be damaged by religion. And indeed by the lack thereof. And by diet Pepsi. The question is whether kids with a regious background are substantially more likely to develop psychiatric problems. A study for which hood data cannot, by definition, exist.
I think you're taking very much the extreme negatives of religion. I had a religious upbringing, but I was never threatened with hell. Come to think of it, I don't recall he'll being mentioned much, if at all. If I told my kid that he'd burn in hell if he didn't tidy his room, or go to church, or turn straight, yeah that could be considered abuse.
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I think the point here is that while we agree that religion CAN be used for child abuse, it does not follow that it is abuse in and of itself.
Raises the question, is religion always bad? Started a new thread on that so as not to derail this one.
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Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
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Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
