[ExI] In Europe and U.S., Nonbelievers Are Increasingly Vocal

Stathis Papaioannou stathisp at gmail.com
Wed Sep 19 03:12:08 UTC 2007


On 19/09/2007, Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com> wrote:

> My concerns are:
> - that the rejection of monotheistic religions is often based on
> "moral" reasons, which have nothing to do with epistemological issues;
> - that such moral reasons substantially reflect "ethical truths",
> taken for granted and self-evident, which are nothing else than
> secularised judeo-chistianism.

Religion is false because it's false, not because it's bad. If you
allow the idea that you will go to Heaven through good works, then to
be consistent you also have to allow the idea that you will go to
Heaven by blowing yourself up.





-- 
Stathis Papaioannou



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