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Both religion and atheism is wrong!

posted 14 years ago by squiike
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It looked for me as he had a fixed view on atheism as the only right way.
He could wery well start a war against all religion and all opposing views.

I never thought id say this but that american priest actually had some wise words when he talked back to the interviewer. "Your views may change over time...dont be arrogant about it..."

I dont think anything is completly right or wrong. We should respect each other.
I think Christianety would go down in numbers if people got a better education, and started asking more questions on their own. But forcing views upon someone is ALWAYS wrong.
Instead you should plant a seed with vise words, and let it grow over time.

AND the bible never ment anything to be taken LITERALLY. Look into sacred geometry, buddhism, christianety, quantum fysics, egyptian mythology, tribal views...it all has an astoneshing resemblence.

[–] Guardia 14 years ago

It looked for me as he had a fixed view on atheism as the only right way.
He could wery well start a war against all religion and all opposing views.

That's the only fixed view you remember? What!?

If you haven't noticed, the the people you say could be at war are already too busy fighting to notice...

Please remove your post.
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.

[–] Druff 14 years ago

He could wery well start a war against all religion

Well, yeah. That's basically the idea. But only an intellectual war... not a real war. We'll leave it to religions to start those. ;)

[–] rgcustomer 14 years ago

There is nothing disrespectful about questioning a person's views.

I think it appears disrespectful to some, because certain religious groups have demanded that we "revere" (as in Reverend) their leaders, as if they are somehow beyond criticism, and a large segment of society has agreed to submit to that.

In reality, preachers are due no more respect than any other fraudster.

[–] yrussell 13 years ago

rgcustomer raises an interesting point. I agree that it's not disrespectful to question a person's views. BUT there's a lot of people out there - religious and non-religious - who DO consider it a sign of disrespect to disagree. You see this often not only in religious groups, but also political parties and even in academia (I have seen it myself).

This is where higher levels of education can be useful. More educated people (not all of them!) tend to view arguments more as a debate exercise without getting offended at an opposing view. Some uneducated people (not all of them!) tend to react very emotionally to being disagreed with - as if you're questioning their very worth as a person.

I think Dawkins will only succeed in changing the minds of a small segment of the population: those who were already leaning towards atheism who needed that final little push to get them there; or those who want to rebel against religious parents and are happy to find a new way to do this. Most religious people will simply brand Dawkins as "evil" and ignore everything he says. Otherwise, most of the audience watching this are already atheists who want to see their views vindicated.

And another good point. Many religious figures want to be worshipped and unquestioned. It's a real conundrum: should you be tolerant towards intolerant people?

YR