(February 11, 2015 at 9:26 am)robvalue Wrote: To me, the enemies are "faith" and the myth that a book can be magically true. If we can get it through people's heads that these are both stupid things then the world would be a better place in my opinion. If the bible and koran were just sitting in the fiction section next to all the other books, and there wasn't a myth being perpetuated that these books were magic, they would hurt virtually no one. And if people learn to use their brain rather than accept any nonsense "on faith" then that would be a major breakthrough.
To me, everyone who perpetuates these bad ideas is propping up the whole problem. They are making it seem valid and acceptable. Because sadly, most people fall for the argument from popularity fallacy. They shouldn't, but they do.
I agree but the only caveat to that is that even atheists cannot think we are above the same range of cruelty and compassion our species has always displayed.
It bares repeating. "Atheist" is not a religion. It is not a moral code. It is not a political party. It is not a loyalty oath. It is a position, the "off" position on one claim. Our species ability to be cruel or compassionate is in our evolution, not the labels we assign ourselves or others. Not even we should forget that least we become what we say we hate.
