(August 11, 2017 at 10:50 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(August 11, 2017 at 9:51 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: underlined mine
This is the entire point, god can't be philosophized into existence. Therefore any science (historical or operational) where you make interpretations based on the held philosophy that god exists is in error.
Again, if you, or the god entity itself, can show evidence that it exists then do it.
Until that time, whether you like it or not, the idea of any god is a psychological tool used for manipulation, both good and bad.
I cannot stress this enough. No sane person should want to rid religion out of existence by force. All that is really going on with EVERY religion WORLD WIDE, is that it gets sold to the youth before they can formulate adult critical thinking skills.
Unfortunately for R someone got to him before he was armed. The desire to want something to be true even if it is not is strong in our species.
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I am less concerned about the religionites rubbing each other out of existence by whatever means they feel works for them. Competing against Mormonism for instance, by having Seventh Day Adventists pointing out in a massive advertising campaign they are 58% less fucked up, is fine. If they want to get a little more physical at some point, well, watch your aim and clean up your mess when you're done.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.