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Originally Posted by Symposium  Sorry, not everyone wants to be a socialist. I certainly don't.
The only thing that should be done with religion is to remove it from the government. There should be no god on money. There should be no god in public schools. There should be no god in politics. There should be no god in laws.
That being said, if a politician or any other person chooses to believe in a god, that is their right. Just as it is my right not to believe. | QFT! Quote:
Originally Posted by jimdene Symposium, I get the the impression that you are a fence sitter, who hasn't yet thought it through, saying, lets listen to the other side of the argument, even though we know that there is something, somebody has been lying to us all this time, it just doesn't make sense. We have been listening to the otherside of the argument for nearly 2000 years.
In my remaining years I will make it an obsession to read as much as I can about the human brain and try to find out why so called intelligent, even intellectuals, are obsessed with religion, and maybe go to my grave, correction, my ashes, knowing these, I seldom swear, (religious wankers), were wrong |
So then, present your argument on why religion should be destroyed and why socialism is the answer! Btw, Symp did not introduce politics into the topic, Benito did.
My input is as follows, religion can be a very good thing I and am pro-religious to an extent. It, along with strict laws will better keep lay people in order not to mention that the health benefits to faith are undeniable. If someone can prove that destroying religion would make the world better off, then go right ahead. I'll stick my nose in ever statistic and fact you can thorw at me.
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And on we walked. Suddenly we heard a voice crying, "This is the sea. This is the deep sea. This is the vast and mighty sea." And when we reached the voice it was a man whose back was turned to the sea, and at his ear he held a shell, listening to its murmur.
And my soul said, "Let us pass on. He is the realist, who turns his back on the whole he cannot grasp, and busies himself with a fragment."
—Gibran Khalil Gibran, “The Greater Sea.” |