RE: "The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us..." should we be grateful?
July 20, 2015 at 1:30 pm
(July 20, 2015 at 1:05 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Meh, if we'd stood up to religion rather than show them deference out of fear -or- "respect" for their fragile sensibilities (or just to avoid the inconvenience) then I might have less ammo to sling at the Catholic Church, as only one example, don't you think? Only presenting the other side of that coin, the side that we may be uncomfortable facing. Is providing cover for continuing atrocity all that justified on the basis of what makes a given person tear up?
Obvs, I don't think so.
But this raises the question why has god belief existed far, far longer than written history? What exactly do the people for whom it is a positive experience get from it? These are important questions to answer, not just bat away, assuming you want to understand people and the world we live in.