At 05:47 PM Wednesday 12/5/2007, Warren Ockrassa wrote: >On Dec 5, 2007, at 5:39 AM, William T Goodall wrote: > > > > > On 5 Dec 2007, at 00:55, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > > > >> On Dec 4, 2007, at 10:56 AM, William T Goodall wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> And people who think like that are dangerous to themselves and > >>> others. > >>> Hence religion is evil. > >> > >> No more nor less so than any other institution. > > > > Other institutions don't necessarily require people to believe untrue > > things. > >Some religions require that, yes. That does not justify tarring the >entire field with the same brush. > >The UU church, for instance, doesn't particularly have any articles of >faith (which could be one reason membership* numbers seem so low) and >doesn't particularly care if you ascribe to any given belief system. > >Furthermore there are ample cases of individuals being motivated to >perform good deeds as a direct result of religious teachings, which is >pretty much inarguable proof that the statement "religion is evil" is >simply not correct. > >It *can* be evil, there are myriad times when it *is* evil, but your >statement that religion *is* evil is functionally equivalent to saying >that, since some people are anaphylactically allergic to shellfish, >all shellfish are lethal poisons to all individuals. It's just not true.
Agreed. -- Ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
