In reading the answers to a question along the lines of "Would the world be a safer place if there was no religion?" I cam across an answer given by one of our resadent bible thumpers (I'm pretty sure you all know and... well not love him, but you all know him) which was "ABSOLUTELY NOT! Man is inherently DEPRAVED-- things would be WORSE!"
So is he admitting that, if not for the threat of hell and the idea of an omnipotant being constantly looking over his sholder, that he would go around eating babies? Do some people actually believe that, without some form of religion, we would have no moral code? Don't these people know that humans, as a general rule, are a self preserving species and that most would instinctivly gravitate toward behavior that helps further the species, not hinder it? Of course, there are crazies out there, but the vast majority of people would not turn into crazy mass murdering rapists if you took away religion.
What do you think? Agree with me, or him? Why?
2006-08-23
18:53:47
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Girl Wonder
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