(February 18, 2015 at 2:44 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Here's the thing. I agree with all of that.
I just think this particular battle does more harm than good.
Maybe. But as you correctly notice, that is a separate issue from whether or not it belongs there as it is.
The older I get, the more inclined I am to think that religionists need to be fought whenever and wherever one can fight them, when they are trying to shove religion down everyone's throats. Of course, I may be mistaken on that, but it is my inclination.
I might as well add, it will be a bit difficult to measure the precise effects on people, overall, of this particular action. It affects not just people now, but people who see the memorial, for as long as it exists. So I somehow doubt that we are going to be able to convincingly prove this second matter one way or the other.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
