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Your religion-hate is false, and consequently your original argument too. Rationality, correctly understood, values tradition. The correct attitude for progres
by xenophanes 15y ago
Your religion-hate is false, and consequently your original argument too.
Rationality, correctly understood, values tradition. The correct attitude for progress is piecemeal reform. That need not start with religion. It should start wherever people's most pressing problems are. If someone's religion isn't ruining his life, but he has other stuff to deal with (a failing marriage, a startup, a scientific discovery he wants to make) then he isn't irrational to focus on that other stuff and leave the religion alone for now.
- wnight 15y agoIt's rational to recognize tradition - it's a huge millstone around the necks of those who engage in it and changing their minds will be much harder because of it. But tradition itself is only valuable to cult leaders.