From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@www.aeiveos.com)
Date: Mon Oct 25 1999 - 07:10:46 MDT
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Rob Harris wrote:
> Religion = reality shield for the weak minded.....and this is universal.
>
Rob, I would generally agree that for most people religion is
handed to them on a silver platter or sold to them (as in a used car).
However, there are people who see reality very clearly, and can
still choose to be religious because of the reasons I've been discussing
in the astrophysics thread with Amara -- the Universe seems too "rigged".
If people want to have "faith" that something caused the big bang
or that multiverses exist and they choose to express or practice
that faith in a particular religious form, then I don't think you
can say that they are "universally weak minded".
I would suggest where you want to draw the lines is when you go
from using religion (as in faith) to explain the unknowns at the
"edges" of reality to an organized system that evolves power
structures, gatekeepers, wealth concentrations, systems for
controlling "unacceptable" behaviors and organized genocide.
Religion is not inherently faulty, it is mostly misguided.
Robert
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