likeitaloud
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In pure hypothetical sense of course, imagine a world without religion.
No more terrorist attacks in the name of Allah, no more holy wars, no more mass suicide for the greater leader.
No more does every accidental side boob on TV make international news because another religious watchdog has a problem with it.
No more do people waste thousands of hours their time praying and performing pointless rituals.
No more backhand politics and tax fund mooching by organizations that don't have a scientific reason to exist.
No more parents denying medical care to dying children because their precious holy book tells them so.
No more infinite dilutions that one can achieve greatness by sitting on his knees for a few hours a day.
Finally no more endless brainwashing of kids of moral laws that should really be left to the people to decide for themselves.
As you can tell I am a liberal atheist so I have my own bioses, but ideologically speaking anything that a person achives through religion can be achieved with my greater efficiency through action.
It is as there is no part of our society that does not have religious roots entrenched in every little corner. The idea of society without religion is so unlikely that the idea becomes surreal and left to science fiction writers to talk about.
Imagine how much saner the world would be without these people who are so hardheaded about religion they become almost intolerable to interact with, and how much more productive we could be without wasting our time.
Discuss.
No more terrorist attacks in the name of Allah, no more holy wars, no more mass suicide for the greater leader.
No more does every accidental side boob on TV make international news because another religious watchdog has a problem with it.
No more do people waste thousands of hours their time praying and performing pointless rituals.
No more backhand politics and tax fund mooching by organizations that don't have a scientific reason to exist.
No more parents denying medical care to dying children because their precious holy book tells them so.
No more infinite dilutions that one can achieve greatness by sitting on his knees for a few hours a day.
Finally no more endless brainwashing of kids of moral laws that should really be left to the people to decide for themselves.
As you can tell I am a liberal atheist so I have my own bioses, but ideologically speaking anything that a person achives through religion can be achieved with my greater efficiency through action.
It is as there is no part of our society that does not have religious roots entrenched in every little corner. The idea of society without religion is so unlikely that the idea becomes surreal and left to science fiction writers to talk about.
Imagine how much saner the world would be without these people who are so hardheaded about religion they become almost intolerable to interact with, and how much more productive we could be without wasting our time.
Discuss.