The Surgeon General wrote:Or like how in one of the books, Isaiah or maybe Psalms, the writer is praising God, who he says is above the "globe" or "sphere" of the earth. Thinking about when the Bible was written, that was WAY before it was proven to be round.
Orwell wrote:I was gonna rant about equality, but I have a feeling there would be little agreement anywhere when one makes the point of saying, equality before the law is good and all, but those who are privileged from birth with talents superior to their peers should be free to exploit that and succeed, instead of having to carry the masses.
Now this is counter to the main point religion serves. Sure, being informed is all well and good if you're an intelligent person with empathy and compassion, but the real point of blind faith is dealing with the base, unenlightened masses. It's far too much work to condition a peasant farmer to be a good person with reason alone - so if you ingrain a fear of supernatural consequence in him, he behaves. Some people realize the stories are simply morality tales, some are incapable of doing so and brainwash their children into strict adherence to specific, often tangential, rituals and beliefs often perpetuated by leaders with strong political or personal opinions that they weasel into dogma - this is where branch denominations, sects and cults come from. The whole system then perpetuates by the idea that questioning anything is evil and that non-believers are to be shunned, converted, treated with hatred, disdain, or passive-aggressive false sympathy.DOKTOP KPbI/\OB wrote:Before you get religious, you need to get informed. Blind faith leads nowhere.
Sukunai, Real Canadian Hero wrote:Note to any Muslims present. Abuse a female in my presence, and you are being sent to a hospital emergency ward with life threatening injuries. And no human law will make me change my mind.
Orwell wrote:The Surgeon General wrote:Or like how in one of the books, Isaiah or maybe Psalms, the writer is praising God, who he says is above the "globe" or "sphere" of the earth. Thinking about when the Bible was written, that was WAY before it was proven to be round.
The arguement I believe was more whether the earth revolved around the sun, or the sun revolved around the earth, and much less, is the earth flat? Ptolemy in 200 bc surmised it to be round, wasn't there a greek guy in 500bc as well? Though it was not conclusively proven until the voyage around the globe.

Sukunai, Real Canadian Hero wrote:Note to any Muslims present. Abuse a female in my presence, and you are being sent to a hospital emergency ward with life threatening injuries. And no human law will make me change my mind.


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