RE: Here’s Why You SHOULDN’T Believe In God
March 31, 2020 at 9:07 am
(This post was last modified: March 31, 2020 at 9:12 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Even if no children were indoctrinated, there would still be religion. There was no one to indoctrinate the first religious believer.
We invent them. Religion isn't really the problem, anyway. There are religions of nature, religious humanism, etc. Charitably, there's a wide set of religious beliefs that seem to cause no specific issue.
...then there's another set.
Beliefs like theism, substitutionary atonement, fatalism, and ethno-cultural supremacy. All of which are foundational to christian belief. A faithful christian could try to Be Nice™..but we would expect them to fail in specific contexts - and they do. Conflict between their beliefs and human interest. This is something that we all feel pressured by - but if we imagine two people exactly alike in all respects but one - one is an atheist..the other a faithful christian....the latter has exactly one more Good Reason to be shitty to other people.
We invent them. Religion isn't really the problem, anyway. There are religions of nature, religious humanism, etc. Charitably, there's a wide set of religious beliefs that seem to cause no specific issue.
...then there's another set.
Beliefs like theism, substitutionary atonement, fatalism, and ethno-cultural supremacy. All of which are foundational to christian belief. A faithful christian could try to Be Nice™..but we would expect them to fail in specific contexts - and they do. Conflict between their beliefs and human interest. This is something that we all feel pressured by - but if we imagine two people exactly alike in all respects but one - one is an atheist..the other a faithful christian....the latter has exactly one more Good Reason to be shitty to other people.
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