Religion is bullshit.
Religion is bullshit.
Religion is bullshti
Er... that's it.
or is it? :)
to be continued.
Well. Yes, religion is bullshit.
http://www.religionisbullshit.com/
http://www.religionisbullshit.net/
There might be the odd positive philosophical insight within religious cultures.
But basically.
Religion is bullshit.
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Whether it's bullshit or not we should have the freedom to criticise it profoundly.
There are many instances of religion leading to absurd and immoral beliefs and acts.
....
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Thursday, June 08, 2006
One of the Best Books I Have Ever Read
I have just read "A History of God" by Karen Armstrong. It is one of the best books I have ever read because of its keen understanding of religion. The history of the biggest wild goose chase ever, like A.N. Wilson says.
It has given me what I think is a more complete understanding of Kabbalah, William Blake and many others things. Whether Kabbalah and William Blake are of any significance to me is another thing.
I think that she may have a slightly romanticised view of what a "true" religion is. She has said that "terrorism" or "war" is not compatible with the essence of any religion. Yet religion or more accurately tribalism and (religious) dogma have been factors or even causes of war.
......
She says that humans are perhaps a religious species, man a homo religiousus that cannot but create religions.
I am not so sure.
Religion is a subject that really interests me.
She does not seem to acknowledge enough the truth of the harm that is done by religion.
"Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum" ("So potent is religion in persuading to do evil deeds." Lucretius, "De Rerum Natura".)
She would no doubt say that it is only a perversion of true religion that causes people to do harm.
This may be true but there has been a lot of it in history.
To be continued.
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(Maybe any rigid ideology or dogma can persuade us to commit great evil....)
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There is an absolutely fantastic speech by Karen Armstrong here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJMm4RAwVLo
Religion is bullshit.
Religion is bullshti
Er... that's it.
or is it? :)
to be continued.
Well. Yes, religion is bullshit.
http://www.religionisbullshit.com/
http://www.religionisbullshit.net/
There might be the odd positive philosophical insight within religious cultures.
But basically.
Religion is bullshit.
------
Whether it's bullshit or not we should have the freedom to criticise it profoundly.
There are many instances of religion leading to absurd and immoral beliefs and acts.
....
------
Thursday, June 08, 2006
One of the Best Books I Have Ever Read
I have just read "A History of God" by Karen Armstrong. It is one of the best books I have ever read because of its keen understanding of religion. The history of the biggest wild goose chase ever, like A.N. Wilson says.
It has given me what I think is a more complete understanding of Kabbalah, William Blake and many others things. Whether Kabbalah and William Blake are of any significance to me is another thing.
I think that she may have a slightly romanticised view of what a "true" religion is. She has said that "terrorism" or "war" is not compatible with the essence of any religion. Yet religion or more accurately tribalism and (religious) dogma have been factors or even causes of war.
......
She says that humans are perhaps a religious species, man a homo religiousus that cannot but create religions.
I am not so sure.
Religion is a subject that really interests me.
She does not seem to acknowledge enough the truth of the harm that is done by religion.
"Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum" ("So potent is religion in persuading to do evil deeds." Lucretius, "De Rerum Natura".)
She would no doubt say that it is only a perversion of true religion that causes people to do harm.
This may be true but there has been a lot of it in history.
To be continued.
--------------------
(Maybe any rigid ideology or dogma can persuade us to commit great evil....)
------------------
There is an absolutely fantastic speech by Karen Armstrong here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJMm4RAwVLo