This place sure goes in "spurts"

[Donn]

On Tuesday, 21 July 2009 02:09:13 Florian Diesch wrote:
> None of the big wars or mass killings in the 20th century were caused by
> religion.
Ding! Stock canard. Try again after doing some research.

> > We need science, reason and logic to find our way out of the mess we
> > have got in by believing in great invisible beings in the sky who
> I don't think science, reason and logic will help. Like religions they
> have the potential of being abused.
So they are equally of no help then? Now what? You just took them out of the 
picture, so I guess all that's left is..? What?

> What we need is to recognize and respect the beliefs and practices of
> others even if we don't understand them.
Why? Not every belief & practice (BaP) is worth respect. You are entitled to 
your own BaPs, but not your own facts.
We can't *all* be right. Therefore some of our BaPs must be wrong, some kind-
of right and others right. How do we know unless we use, oh I dunno... reason 
and logic (which done correctly *is* science), in order to find out?
 
> And a way to limit the greed for power and money.
I agree but more praying and tithing is not gonna cut it.

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