[ExI] Atheists catch a break

[William Flynn Wallace]

I would put the notion of Original Sin and the concept of hell tied
for second worst, with gold medal for worst idea in history going to
communism   spike

This reminds me of Freud.  He said that there was no idea more wrong, more
out of touch with what humans are really like than 'love your enemies'.  In
communism we have a great idea:  from each according to their abilities,
and to each according to their needs.  If only that could be done.  In
fact, I don't see why it cannot be done.  We do provide help to needful
people and we do try to ensure that a person's talents are used in our
society.  I do see that it cannot be done with the version of communism
that is extant.  That assumes that people will give up the idea of personal
property, and that is about as far from what humans are like as 'love your
enemies'.
bill w

On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 1:24 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
> >...> On Behalf Of Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat
> Subject: Re: [ExI] Atheists catch a break
>
> On 10/01/2021 14:22, Bill w wrote:
> > The core belief of Protestants is Original Sin.  One of the very worst
> > ideas in history, but one that works well for the church.  Without it
> > the church has no goal.   bill w
>
> >...It's the catholic church that's to blame, not the protestant one (not
> that it makes much difference, they still adhere to it, but they didn't
> invent it).
>
> >...I go further than 'one of the worst', and say it's probably the most
> evil idea ever invented. Combined with the concept of hell, you have a
> perfect tool to terrorise and control not just people's behaviour, but
> their
> very thoughts.
>
> --
> Ben Zaiboc
>
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>
> Hi Ben, I would put the notion of Original Sin and the concept of hell tied
> for second worst, with gold medal for worst idea in history going to
> communism.
>
> spike
>
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