RE: If everyone was atheist
July 11, 2015 at 9:45 am
(This post was last modified: July 11, 2015 at 9:58 am by IATIA.)
(July 11, 2015 at 3:08 am)Parkers Tan Wrote:(July 6, 2015 at 7:19 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote: But I will say this, anyone who refuses to believe that religion isn't the biggest factor of stupidity and therefore violence and poverty that played into politics since the dawn of civilization is pretty much deluded by some kind of liberal dogma or smth.
Greed kills religion in terms of violence, suffering, and evil promulgated. Greed.
What's scary is that greed lies deeper in the human psyche than religion. You can eliminate religion altogether, and you will still have wars over resources, land, financial systems, market strategies, productive zones, slave labor, food supply, and so on -- and all of those devolve into greed when you really boil it down.
I disagree with your notion that religion is the biggest factor in violence and poverty, and I look forward you essaying your support for it.
IMHO, religion is just the most common excuse, not reason, for the greatest catastrophes. Without religion, 9/11 would still have happened, the Inquisition would still have happened, the Crusades would still have happened and so on. Bad people are just bad, without rhyme or reason. The biggest problem with religion is the effect of my personal liberties.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
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-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
