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| 23 Jun 2017 11:33 PM |
than it is practiced
also whats the point of either >:3
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| 23 Jun 2017 11:35 PM |
The purpose of arguing against religion, at least for me, is to get people to question their beliefs. The whole of religion essentially takes a certain set of beliefs and puts them beyond dispute. My goal is to break the dogmatic thinking that frankly hinders intellectual progress.
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| 23 Jun 2017 11:36 PM |
"My goal is to break the dogmatic thinking that frankly hinders intellectual progress."
How is it a hindrance? |
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| 23 Jun 2017 11:36 PM |
good, i hope that religion dies out one day
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| 23 Jun 2017 11:37 PM |
| Objectivism is my religion. |
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| 23 Jun 2017 11:39 PM |
“Worldwide, more than eight-in-ten people identify with a religious group,” says a new comprehensive demographic study of more than 230 countries and territories conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life.
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| 23 Jun 2017 11:41 PM |
It hinders intellectual progress, as I stated. Certain religious sects will either attempt to accomodate incompatible ideas with science or will flatly deny scientific facts.
Consider, for example, if a cult existed that worshipped a golden magic pony. Now, there is no empirical evidence indicating that this pony exists, but because it cannot be proven to be true, the followers in this cult hold that the pony truly exists. These people then proceed to launch a campaign against scientific facts derived from observable occurences.
It is quite absurd, but nonetheless this same scenario exists on a macro level albeit with different gods. Religions of the past have died out as human knowledge progresses, and someday the same fate shall befall Christianity and all other modern religions. I would argue that the sooner this obstacle is removed from humanity's path, the sooner rationality will govern the world.
~Virgil~
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Seviro
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| 23 Jun 2017 11:52 PM |
"Certain religious sects"
basically invalidates your entire argument
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| 23 Jun 2017 11:55 PM |
I'm quite interested to know how. @Seviro
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| 23 Jun 2017 11:55 PM |
I'm quite interested to know how.
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| 23 Jun 2017 11:59 PM |
The purpose of arguing against religion, at least for me, is to get people to question their beliefs. The whole of religion essentially takes a certain set of beliefs and puts them beyond dispute. My goal is to break the dogmatic thinking that frankly hinders intellectual progress. The purpose of arguing against religion, at least for me, is to get people to question their beliefs. The whole of religion essentially takes a certain set of beliefs and puts them beyond dispute. My goal is to break the dogmatic thinking that frankly hinders intellectual progress. The purpose of arguing against religion, at least for me, is to get people to question their beliefs. The whole of religion essentially takes a certain set of beliefs and puts them beyond dispute. My goal is to break the dogmatic thinking that frankly hinders intellectual progress. The purpose of arguing against religion, at least for me, is to get people to question their beliefs. The whole of religion essentially takes a certain set of beliefs and puts them beyond dispute. My goal is to break the dogmatic thinking that frankly hinders intellectual progress. The purpose of arguing against religion, at least for me, is to get people to question their beliefs. The whole of religion essentially takes a certain set of beliefs and puts them beyond dispute. My goal is to break the dogmatic thinking that frankly hinders intellectual progress.
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| 24 Jun 2017 12:00 AM |
oh also here you go smart atheist kid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er9D00DXQQs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz77atYHTOA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q416imssyI4 |
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Seviro
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| 24 Jun 2017 12:01 AM |
you state that "certain religious sects" follow what you explain in your post. these are not all religious sects, therefore your argument has no real basis.
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| 24 Jun 2017 12:08 AM |
No. I stated the following:
"Certain religious sects will either attempt to accomodate incompatible ideas with science or will flatly deny scientific facts."
This isn't true of every religion, hence why I didn't use the term all religions. Certain religious sects, such as secular buddhism, hold individuals who do not believe in gods and do not hold beliefs contrary to scientific facts.
However, all religions who subscribe to the idea that gods exist *are* incompatible with science and this was the main subject of my previous post.
Therefore, your statement that my argument is invalidated is not true.
~Virgil~
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