RE: Something about killing in the name of atheism
April 13, 2015 at 12:02 pm
(This post was last modified: April 13, 2015 at 12:15 pm by Homeless Nutter.)
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It's a cartoon. Just because Parker and Stone implied that's what would happen - doesn't make it a fact...
And you know that - how, exactly? Are you saying that holy wars prevent other kinds of conflicts from happening? Well - they don't. There are plenty of non-holy wars around, on top of religious ones. I didn't say, that there would be no wars - just that there might be slightly fewer with such a major issues, as afterlife and god's plan - gone.
Would we fight over existence of elves as hard as we fight for everlasting life? I hardly doubt it. And sure - many wars are fought under "false flag" of religion, whereas they're about other things - I don't see how taking away that pretense would change much.
Saying that "The void would be instantly filled" is expressing a hell of pessimism - cynicism in fact - regarding the ability of humans to live in peace.
Quote:Yeah because i think yeah... um.. south park went over that already if more people lets say the majority were to be atheist and into science.
And let's say they had the mindset of theists still they would be very dangerous people especially if they gotten their hands on modern day weapons.
Then it coins the whole term science damn you.
It's a cartoon. Just because Parker and Stone implied that's what would happen - doesn't make it a fact...
(April 13, 2015 at 11:21 am)abaris Wrote: The void would be instantly filled with other ideologies to make people feel exclusive. To say there would be no holy wars when religions were gone is putting a hell of unjustified credit into humanity. Holy would just take on a different meaning.
And you know that - how, exactly? Are you saying that holy wars prevent other kinds of conflicts from happening? Well - they don't. There are plenty of non-holy wars around, on top of religious ones. I didn't say, that there would be no wars - just that there might be slightly fewer with such a major issues, as afterlife and god's plan - gone.
Would we fight over existence of elves as hard as we fight for everlasting life? I hardly doubt it. And sure - many wars are fought under "false flag" of religion, whereas they're about other things - I don't see how taking away that pretense would change much.
Saying that "The void would be instantly filled" is expressing a hell of pessimism - cynicism in fact - regarding the ability of humans to live in peace.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
