I hate to be the one to tell you this but any position about the validity or not of any religion is only personal opinion.
not so. we could look at the bible objectively, determine its sources, influences, and contructions, and make EDUCATED pronouncements about its validity. we can do this other texts too, no matter what our personal opinion is on them.
so what you're basically claiming is that YOU, not all of us, are more advanced? you're claiming that you not being religious makes you better somehow?
Where they hell did I ever say that?! I would appreciate you not making things up. You were the one that brought up people killing each other in the name of religion and I replied. I also don't think it's a good idea to kill people in the name of nationalism either.
follow the logic.
premise: 2000 years agoe people used religion to justify genocide.
premise: people still use religion to justify genocide.
your conclusion: people would be better without religion.
premise: people would be better without religion.
premise: you are not religious
my conclusion: therefore, you are better than people with religion.
it's the logical implication of what you said.
so what you're basically claiming is that YOU, not all of us, are more advanced? you're claiming that you not being religious makes you better somehow?
Here again you make up stuff about what I'm claiming. I do think that religion is a holdover the past and that it currently causes more problems than it solves. I don't consider it a positive thing. I never claimed this makes me better though.
you certainly implied with the things that you did say, didn't you?
Rant on, you brought up religion and killing, not me. I'm not fond of religion even if people aren't killing each other in it's name. I never said anything about overturning anything or banning anything or whatnot. I just think we are better off without it.
you said that the violence was another reason why we'd be better off without it. i don't think the excuse bears much effect on the cause. i was just pointing out that people today are NOT more advanced.
This message has been edited by arachnophilia, 12-13-2005 06:07 PM
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