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Is Religion Like The Common Cold...?
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By that I assume he means incurable!
Does it hamper rational thought and damage our species?
By that I assume he means incurable!
Does it hamper rational thought and damage our species?
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I'm not sure that it's incurable but I'm certain that it does indeed hamper rational thought and does nothing to further the well-being of our species.
Just one example would be the holding back of stem cell research in the USA by the religious right.
This research holds real promise of cures in the future for diseases that are at present incurable.
Just one example would be the holding back of stem cell research in the USA by the religious right.
This research holds real promise of cures in the future for diseases that are at present incurable.
No, A common cold is relatively harmless and is usually gone in a few days, religion is far worse, it gives people psychopathic tendencies it is endemic and is often incurable, it passes through families like nothing . the only cure is "common sense" but few will take this medication.
Its more like the black death when you think of how many people have died in its wake!!
Its more like the black death when you think of how many people have died in its wake!!
It depends what kind of religion you mean. A believer who identifies god merely as a kind of 'prime mover' for the universe who doesn't intervene/answer prayers/talk to prophets and politicians is, to all intents and purposes, virtually indistinguishable from an atheist - especially from the perspective of rationality or the advancement of the human species.
Any believer, however, who identifies their god/s as an interventionist, all-powerful and innately moral director of the cosmos, will be in for more problems. Why? Because this is god that it is virtually impossible to reconcile with anything we observe about the world or the universe in a way that is rational. Hence why in recent times, better-read believers have begun turning to various traditions of mysticism to explain their deity - which is almost by definition anti-rational.
Any believer, however, who identifies their god/s as an interventionist, all-powerful and innately moral director of the cosmos, will be in for more problems. Why? Because this is god that it is virtually impossible to reconcile with anything we observe about the world or the universe in a way that is rational. Hence why in recent times, better-read believers have begun turning to various traditions of mysticism to explain their deity - which is almost by definition anti-rational.
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