| gekkokamen said: Religion is not evil by any means, but it's not enough by itself and brings about too many disputes and confusion. We have to learn to be humanists. No prejudice, no life in this planet is meaningless and we certainly don't need myths and Gods to give it any meaning and have a purpose. |
Humanists? What have humans collectively demonstrated that makes then worthy of reverence seen humanism? What I see from humans collectively who aren't tied into an ancient tradition that fosters temperance, love, compassion, and humility, is the pursuit of evermore in a market-driven economy that thinks that a game like Naughty Bear is a great idea, and fanboy wars which produce bile hatred matching the worst of religions fanfare.
At least on the metaphysical side, you will get an occassional saint popping up that inspires by doing insane things that are remarkably compassionate, that the masses will stop to admire and attempt to do occassionally.
The concept of God and metaphysical things show up naturally because people see complexity in life and think it may be engineered and the brain has a hungering for metaphysics. Neurotheology looks into this, as it is involved with the science of the interplay between the brain and religious/spiritual things.
