(April 22, 2015 at 8:57 am)dyresand Wrote: Well said but looking at it now religion really does need to die out but... its our ignorance in the end that keeps it around.
If you really wanted to understand what keeps it around you'd have to do some real research and not just assume the worst straw man intentions. You would look for a god shaped hole in the brain rather than viewing religious beliefs as primitive, failed attempts to understand the world.
Quote:Truthfully no religion is right and none of it should be given any special treatment or even be treated like its important. Rather putting religion on a stand saying its important it should be ridiculed for really what it is, the worst part of humanity.
I hope you mean, that you need not carry on in your own reflections as if religion is something precious in and of itself. No disagreement.
However, every human being decides what is important to them and we all know theists regard their religious beliefs as important. This is a question of reciprocity and how we should conduct ourselves in relation to others. Do we acknowledge their right to disagree while maintaining a modicum of peer respect? Or, do we classify them as imperfect and ridicule them? Your answer will say much more about you and your own imperfections.