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Religions are complex systems that can be used for good or evil -- it's the people that choose which. You can find justification for nearly every action in the
by loumf 15y ago
Religions are complex systems that can be used for good or evil -- it's the people that choose which. You can find justification for nearly every action in the bible -- but, to do that, I think, is a gross perversion of the overall spirit of Christianity.
- Tichy 15y agoSure, the fundamental issue then maybe is, should humans be made to function according to some system? I seem to have some fundamental aversion against that, which makes me reject religion as much as communism. I mean at least if said humans don't reflect on what they are doing. If they have come rationally to the conclusion that some action is the best, sure, go for it. But religion puts some authorities in charge of programming other people. For instance, why not just drug everyone and make them docile slaves? I am sure such a society would function very well, so why not do it? Nature of course doesn't care - a society running on religion is just another ant colony (mindless agents acting out a system). Maybe the system prevails, maybe it doesn't. The harm I see is that religion prevents adaption and evaluation of new strategies, which might lead to peril in a lot of circumstances.