Sunday, January 27, 2008

What’s So Bad About Religion?

From An Apostate's Chapel:
The first problem that I have with religious beliefs is that [...] acting on the basis of false beliefs can lead to ill-conceived, even harmful, behavior and decisions.

The second problem I have with religious belief is that believers do not live in vacuums. Their religious beliefs are not always private and those beliefs do affect others [...] in numerous ways.

The third problem I have with religious beliefs is the persistent entreaty that I respect religious beliefs simply because they are religious.

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