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why should religious belief have a special place in the continuum of silly thoughts? (you say they should be respected) if you can make someone believe anythin
by joubert 17y ago
why should religious belief have a special place in the continuum of silly thoughts? (you say they should be respected)
if you can make someone believe anything (e.g. there's this god with x,y,z attributes), you can make them do anything.
- ErrantX 17y agoI make a distinction between religious belief and religion. The former I respect, ultimately, as a personal choice (that is not to say I wouldn't try to present an alternative if it was appropriate!). The latter I have little respect for :)
- joubert 17y agoBut that's a problem. We don't pretend to respect people for having silly beliefs, except when it is religious - why this exception? I find it helps to think of religious belief/conviction as a socially acceptable form of mental disease, comparable to examples in drug use.