[ExI] Atheism

[Stefano Vaj]

2009/12/13 Post Futurist <p0stfuturist at yahoo.com>
>
>> I'll grant that many great works of art have been inspired
>>  by religion, but I think most of those talents would
>> have been
>>  expressed equally well on non-religious subjects. But the great minds that were
>> wasted pursuing idiotic theological problems could have solved real,
>> major problems. I think that's tragic."
>
> "Equally well" cuts both ways. Religion is as beneficial as the secular all round.

The real point IMHO is: if "religion" must  be, why do we need a
metaphysical, faith-based, anti-scientific one?

Besides the experience of purely secular "religious" creeds such as
Marxism - which have their own problems but abundantly showed that
new, successful religions can command widespread support without the
need to invoke Pink Invisible Unicorns - Confucianism, hinduism,
paganism, Zen, Shinto work equally well, and have few if any of the
theoretical and practical defects that make monotheism unacceptable to
those who adhere to an opposite, say promethean, value system...

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Stefano Vaj