RE: 100 Facts Every Atheist Teen Must Know
August 29, 2011 at 4:03 pm
(This post was last modified: August 29, 2011 at 4:04 pm by Faith No More.)
(August 29, 2011 at 10:27 am)fr0d0 Wrote: I would agree FTM... but would add that critical thinking skills don't lead to one POV. Perhaps your own influence was biased in favour of atheism, or more precisely: science.
I don't want to advocate one POV. I just want people to think critically and come to their own conclusion. This will lessen religion's influence.
fr0d0 Wrote:Our current culture is becoming increasingly inept at thinking outside of scientific restraints. I wonder if we could still come up with the genius of religious texts, let alone even appreciate them.
That's because we're finding that thinking outside of science is less and less useful to our daily lives. As for the genius of religious texts, I know not what you speak of.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
