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In reply to the discussion: The two big things I think religion provides that secularism does not. [View all]Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)72. Yes.
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The two big things I think religion provides that secularism does not. [View all]
Donald Ian Rankin
May 2013
OP
It is interesting you only consider the "positive" things that you believe religion brings,
trotsky
May 2013
#1
I believe religion brings many negative things, which are more than adequately discussed elsewhere.
Donald Ian Rankin
May 2013
#3
JMHO, but I think most of the religious people who post on DU avoid this group like the plague.
cbayer
May 2013
#14
I believe the relevant saying here is "first cast out the beam out of thine own eye". N.T.
Donald Ian Rankin
May 2013
#70
How utterly insulting to condemn my post without bothering to read it.
Donald Ian Rankin
May 2013
#6
You think it's rare for an atheist to do the right thing because it's the right thing to do?
Iggo
May 2013
#77
If I had said that, rather than saying exactly the reverse, I would have been wrong.
Donald Ian Rankin
May 2013
#11
i don't know that "demand" is the right word. most modern religions HAVE moral codes
unblock
May 2013
#16
many modern religions don't have language that strong, certainly not in practice.
unblock
May 2013
#26
It is obviously not "moral behavior" that gets one damned for eternity.
Warren Stupidity
May 2013
#39
Oh, and your assumption is that without religion people would eat their babies.
Warren Stupidity
May 2013
#22
i disagree that religion "provides" a moral code. it claims a moral code as its own.
unblock
May 2013
#24
The answer to 'why behave ethically' might turn out to be 'because it benefits you directly'.
Bluenorthwest
May 2013
#34
If an atheist desires living in an ethical world, then that atheist has a really good, secular
ZombieHorde
May 2013
#36
I'm intrigued by questions of what sociological and psychological roles religion plays
LiberalAndProud
May 2013
#58
As to your first point, that's an argument that demonstrates the ethical superiority...
Humanist_Activist
May 2013
#68