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steve  ·  3990 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Atheism is an intellectual privilege

This was a wonderfully written piece.





thenewgreen  ·  3990 days ago  ·  link  ·  

His general message at the end seems to be that if the poor and uneducated need a placebo to get by, why not let them have religion. However, it's a pretty dangerous argument given some of the destructive qualities religion has shown to bring forth in people.

If god be with us....

JakobVirgil  ·  3990 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Religion is one of the handles by which folks are manipulated by the baddies. But Patriotism, Material Interest (real or Imagined), Vanity, Class, Race, Defense of Science and a host of other things will still exist even if religion is gone. The status quo of human shittiness will be maintained.

ecib  ·  3989 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I didn't care for his arguments at all, but I like the place where he ended up. Finding profound empathy for those who are struggling and in the most pain is good, no matter what belief system you have.