Religion
In reply to the discussion: What contirbution has religion given to the advancement of mankind that has come from nowhere else? [View all]Starboard Tack
(11,181 posts)Because no "human achievement" may have originated directly from religion doesn't mean that most religions have not enhanced, endorsed and furthered many achievements. Religions have often acted as conduits for schools of thought, art and science. They have been an integral part of all societies from time immemorial. Does make them right or wrong. Doesn't make them good or bad. We all know that some of the worst crimes of mankind have been committed in the name of some deity and at the hands of religious zealots, but zealots of all stripes tend to wreak havoc, be they religious or secular.
You seem intent on demeaning all religion and religious practice, without mitigation. Do you see it as solely a perpetrator of evil and hypocrisy, without any redeeming value?
If an individual finds comfort by embracing religious beliefs and grows as a human being from that.
I am not religious, nor am I a theist. However I learned good lessons for life from some religious stories. The story of the Good Samaritan comes to mind. The fact that the parable may not have originated with the bible is irrelevant. There are only so many stories to be told, as the ancient Greeks showed us. The rest are variations.
Our existence is evolutionary. Nothing originates it just mutates.