Why organised religion isn't that bad

Wednesday, 29 October 2003

Why organised religion isn't that bad

Before we begin, I’d like to say that I’m an Agnostic and see Beliefs in God as just as bad from the atheist Side as the religious one. That is, neither Side have proved their Position and so neither can call their Position more logical than the other. Especially not the Atheists, because at least it’s logically possible to prove that something exists (which is not to say it’s not possible to prove/disprove the existence of God in some other Way). However, this Argument does not rely on God’s Existence or lack thereof; it is about Society.

Atheists have a Habit of blaming all the World’s Ills on Religion, especially organised Religion. Look, they’ll say, at the Crusades, at Terrorism, at the mediæval Priesthood, at the modern Priesthood, at the roman Priesthood. So yes, let’s.

The modern catholic and anglican Priesthoods, so the Theory goes, are filled with Pedophiles and People who cover Pedophilia up. This, then, is somehow supposed to be generalisable to all Religions are bad. I’m not entirely sure how. The only Way you can universally generalise is if you created a new Constant when you universally instantiated to begin with (the anglican Priesthood isn’t new). Logic aside, yes. Bad Argument. Bad Pedophiles and Pedophilia Coverer Upperers, but Bad Argument too.

But that’s not my real Point. My Point is that if we compare most of what they complain about—the evil vicious and horrible Behavior of evil vicious and horribly dead Priests—with Today’s organised Religions, you’ll notice some differences. These Days, most religious People I’ve met are either so because their Parents were (and in this Age, this Group is rightly shrinking), or because they honestly came to the Conclusion that this is the best Way to live their Lives—just the same as Atheists who came to the Conclusion in Spite of a Lack of Evidence that there is no God. Religion is no longer a Device of mass social Control. For that, turn to the Mass Media and related areas. Everything you falsly epitomise in Religion is actually epitomised there.

People who hate Religions should leave well enough alone and go tourment Things that deserve it.

Ah, love the Internet. Where anyone can write things written dozens of Times before as badly as they want.

Comments

You have a terrible affinity for capitalising words that don't need capitalising. (At least on the IE version of your page you do.)

I thought I was writing in German, but it turned out to be English. My Mistake.

I'm sorry, but Atheism is just as logical as Agnosticism. you see the people who believe in religion are making a claim that a deity exists. Athiests are seeing, show me the proof and I'll believe. It's a logical fallacy to require people to tear apart an arguement that is made without evidence.

OTOH, if the religious people could put evidence forth, then athiests would have to either be able to disprove it, or reconsider their position.

Otherwise I can make some ridiculous claim such as "I have a magic book that knows all the truth in the Universe, and it says there is no God." And you know what. You can't disprove that. Does that make doubting its belief without evidence illogical? Of course not.

Err.. 'Athiests are saying', not 'seeing'.
Also, 'doubting its existence', not 'its belief'.

GOD SUCKS EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IN GOD SUCKS. I HATE YOU ALL

to whom it may concern
religion is a form of controlling people too retarted to accept that when thay die they the slowly decompose underground. i personally think we should orchidectimise the pope and feltch him with a ravenous, genetically modified weasal. the bible was written by four stoners from bedfordshire having a laugh at dumb asses. i also have found that faith isnt a bad thing when your nearly dead, it gives the weak minded something to look forward to.
yours faithfully, lee

to whom it may concern
religion is a form of controlling people too retarded to accept that when thay die they the slowly decompose underground. i personally think we should orchidectimise the pope and feltch him with a ravenous, genetically modified weasal. the bible was written by four stoners from bedfordshire having a laugh at dumb asses. i also have found that faith isnt a bad thing when your nearly dead, it gives the weak minded something to look forward to.
yours faithfully, lee

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