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Originally posted by darkroom
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It might be good for anyone who is caught up in a dogmatic belief system, atheistic, religious or political .No reason to single out religious Christians. For the most part, I don't think their beliefs are much of a problem today. I do not see Christian religious zealots murdering large numbers of innocent people .Granted, there plenty of amoral materialists with vaguely Christian backgrounds and upbringing who are in positions of power, and abusing it. Look at the major party leadership in the United States, since Kennedy .The problem is not in religious beliefs, it is in their lack of them. No civilised people believe execution is a proper response to differences in religious faith anymore, except for a few fringe groups .There is more danger from the existential pragmatists, who will do anything to further progress towards political ends .I am not of the opinion that "Western fundamental beliefs" have done a lot of damage lately .It is mostly people and their actions based on wrong ideas .
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"The problem is not in religious beliefs, it is in their lack of them. No civilised people believe execution is a proper response to differences in religious faith anymore, except for a few fringe groups .Yes, they take upon themselves the form of religious belief but then abandon the deeds of religion teaching which is their sole purpose." I wonder. Maybe Steven Weinberg was onto something. “With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion.” ― Steven Weinberg
