Comments on: Justifying Our False Beliefs

By: Groovecat

Groovecat — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:23:08 +0000

hello all–here is a link i thought may shed some light on this subject.
http://www.salon.com/env/mind_reader/2008/09/22/voter_choice/index.html

regards,
groovecat

By: Neece

Neece — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:50:36 +0000

I completely disagree that religion teaches morals. Philosophy would do it better without the blatant contradictions and hypocrisy. Or simply teach morals in a common sense way! Why do you need religion? To teach that slavery is ok? Or giving your daughter to an angry pack of rapists to protect to angel/strangers that are your guests? How about that you’re noble if you wait to have sex with your wife until she’s 9 as opposed to 6, so now all men are allowed to have sex with their wives when the girls are aged 9. Barbaric!

Religion does not have any noble hold on morals or rules for behavior. Simple ethics would be quite sufficient.

By: Neece

Neece — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:45:39 +0000

You’re welcome, Evilgod. Yes, the brain is incredibly amazing. I do feel that it is ok to teach religion to minors like I was taught Greek mythology when I was young. Sure, people believed it ages ago, but it wasn’t true. Same for christianity, et al.

I think that’s healthier than trying to force a child to be an atheist. Teaching critical thinking is much more important than forcing our views on a child.

By: Tomato Addict

Tomato Addict — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:28:30 +0000

EvilGod wrote> It certainly reinforces my thought that it should be illegal to teach religion to minors.

We do need to teach children something. Children don’t yet have the intellectual capacity to understand many adult concepts, and need to learn a simple set of rules for behavior. For better or worse, religion does this quite well, and is time tested. — Please understand I am not “selling”, and I certainly do not advocate cults. —

For me the real problem is that some people never move beyond this simplistic set of rules, and continue to follow them blindly all their lives.

By: EvilGod

EvilGod — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:04:40 +0000

Thanks Neece for an excellent read. It’s nice to see scientific research explain what we already knew, or at least felt, in a logical way. It certainly reinforces my thought that it should be illegal to teach religion to minors.
The brain is an amazing thing is it not?

By: Neece

Neece — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:43:32 +0000

Thanks, Groovecat. I’ll have to check that out.

By: Neece

Neece — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:43:06 +0000

Hi TA,thanks!
Yes, I think skepticism is a skill to be honed and practiced.