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I don’t think Reddit and Twitter are the place to go for the views of the moderate majority. I’d like to see Islam and Christianity go away though.

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• kodah 5y ago
  I'm an atheist, but I disagree. Religion is needed by some, imo. This is how I view it: There are ethical frameworks, secular moral frameworks, and religious moral frameworks. In my observation people love moral frameworks, because moral frameworks have the output of righteousness. They're useful for hegemony, they provide some sense of justice through outcasting, and they allow people to see themselves compared to others. They're also quite dynamic and can have modified interpretation by an individual. Ethical frameworks are a little less fulfilling because their intended outcome is fairness. Users may have to sacrifice their own perspectives for the ethical framework to remain fair. The issue is unregulated moral communities. We, as humans, think freedom to moral communities, whether they be religious or secular, is the right thing to do because of generations of religious warring. There are some amount of moral community people that will never switch to an ethical framework because of that strive for righteousness. While it'd probably be healthier to get away from morals altogether, the mean time would be filled with a lot of strife, imo, where righteous people would act on their righteousness.