Sorry no examples at the top of my head. Just something i've noticed watching his show. Anyway, let's see the movie. should be interesting.
Is religion good or not? I'm not even talking about that, I just feel that Bill Maher has been sloppy in some of his arguments. I dunno, let's start fresh with the movie since it's his latest work.
I'm not trying to defend religion or anything. Don't get me wrong.
Sorry no examples at the top of my head. Just something i've noticed watching his show. Anyway, let's see the movie. should be interesting.
Is religion good or not? I'm not even talking about that, I just feel that Bill Maher has been sloppy in some of his arguments. I dunno, let's start fresh with the movie since it's his latest work.
I'm not trying to defend religion or anything. Don't get me wrong.
religion has done a lot of good for a lot of people. it creates a sense of community, a very positive thing, abut also something capitalism destroys. It is also responsible for some of the more terrible acts in our history. Separation of church and state is crucial. Especially today. Religion should be a local establishment. UNfortunatley it grows into something more sinister, as all institutions inevevitably do. keep it out of power and its a positive influence on the community. allow it to infiltrate the state and all sorts of terrible things happen. find the balance, let people do their thing, keep it out of gov't, we should be fine.
Sorry no examples at the top of my head. Just something i've noticed watching his show. Anyway, let's see the movie. should be interesting.
Is religion good or not? I'm not even talking about that, I just feel that Bill Maher has been sloppy in some of his arguments. I dunno, let's start fresh with the movie since it's his latest work.
I'm not trying to defend religion or anything. Don't get me wrong.
religion has done a lot of good for a lot of people. it creates a sense of community, a very positive thing, abut also something capitalism destroys. It is also responsible for some of the more terrible acts in our history. Separation of church and state is crucial. Especially today. Religion should be a local establishment. UNfortunatley it grows into something more sinister, as all institutions inevevitably do. keep it out of power and its a positive influence on the community. allow it to infiltrate the state and all sorts of terrible things happen. find the balance, let people do their thing, keep it out of gov't, we should be fine.
religion has done a lot of good for a lot of people. it creates a sense of community, a very positive thing, abut also something capitalism destroys. It is also responsible for some of the more terrible acts in our history. Separation of church and state is crucial. Especially today. Religion should be a local establishment. UNfortunatley it grows into something more sinister, as all institutions inevevitably do. keep it out of power and its a positive influence on the community. allow it to infiltrate the state and all sorts of terrible things happen. find the balance, let people do their thing, keep it out of gov't, we should be fine.
I pretty much agree, but remember, then Government becomes a religion on it's own. With extremists.
I guess with or without religion people will be fighting. Like kids, when we were kids we had no real idea about religion, but we were always fighting eachother, over something small.
Maybe it's in our nature to fight. Some more than others. and like you said, religion has it's good, and it's often used for bad. But does that mean religion is bad? I mean most religions don't tell people to go around around hurting others, but people often do that in the name of religion. Perhaps just a guise for something else.
I pretty much agree, but remember, then Government becomes a religion on it's own. With extremists.
I guess with or without religion people will be fighting. Like kids, when we were kids we had no real idea about religion, but we were always fighting eachother, over something small.
Maybe it's in our nature to fight. Some more than others. and like you said, religion has it's good, and it's often used for bad. But does that mean religion is bad? I mean most religions don't tell people to go around around hurting others, but people often do that in the name of religion. Perhaps just a guise for something else.
I think people are more likely to fight and kill when they believe they are in the favor of a God. Like others have said, religion certainly has its good, but I think that good is to people as individuals, not to people in mass. I think Maher's biggest point, is that no one can possibly know what happens when you die. Yet, religion takes ancient books written by people who had the very slightest understanding of the world, and explains what happens when we die, or our purpose for being here, etc etc. It just isnt rational. So you basically end up with a completely irrational line of thinking that people in powerful positions use to make major decisions that affect many people in the world. And, many people in the world except those decisions because they also engage in that same irrational thinking.
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Is religion good or not? I'm not even talking about that, I just feel that Bill Maher has been sloppy in some of his arguments. I dunno, let's start fresh with the movie since it's his latest work.
I'm not trying to defend religion or anything. Don't get me wrong.
I pretty much agree, but remember, then Government becomes a religion on it's own. With extremists.
I guess with or without religion people will be fighting. Like kids, when we were kids we had no real idea about religion, but we were always fighting eachother, over something small.
Maybe it's in our nature to fight. Some more than others. and like you said, religion has it's good, and it's often used for bad. But does that mean religion is bad? I mean most religions don't tell people to go around around hurting others, but people often do that in the name of religion. Perhaps just a guise for something else.
I think people are more likely to fight and kill when they believe they are in the favor of a God. Like others have said, religion certainly has its good, but I think that good is to people as individuals, not to people in mass. I think Maher's biggest point, is that no one can possibly know what happens when you die. Yet, religion takes ancient books written by people who had the very slightest understanding of the world, and explains what happens when we die, or our purpose for being here, etc etc. It just isnt rational. So you basically end up with a completely irrational line of thinking that people in powerful positions use to make major decisions that affect many people in the world. And, many people in the world except those decisions because they also engage in that same irrational thinking.