To voice against religious beliefs is understandable. The religious do so every day. However, when the anti-religious speak with desire to eliminate religion, and begin to blame much, (if not all) of society's or the world's problems on religion, are they not becoming a fascist themselves? Is this not an irony?
2006-07-26 09:45:19 · 6 answers · asked by man_id_unknown 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
So true.
2006-07-26 09:48:09 · answer #1 · answered by Icy U 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there is no irony. Your argument isn't taking itself very seriously. First, you don't even bother to contest the "anti-religious" stance of blaming religion for a lot of, or most, bad stuff. You merely state that they think that way.
Secondly, the desire to undo the power and credibility of an ideology has nothing to do with fascism. Whoever wages a war against an ideology may be right, or they may be wrong. Those who wanted to wipe out slavery and its ideology weren't "fascists." More to the point, those who helped to wipe out fascism itself weren't fascists because they were doing away with an ideology.
So if it is true that religion can be blamed for all those horrors, then it would be the "good fight" to oppose it on all fronts. While I don't believe it's all that simple to categorize religion, I am convinced we need a conscious decoupling of religion from most policy making.
By the way, both leaders of the fascist movement, Hitler and Mussolini, were considered "Christians in good standing" by their respective churches.
2006-07-26 10:10:32 · answer #2 · answered by JAT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So, should we take your question to mean that you think that mythology, delusion and willful ignorance serve a useful purpose as a substitute for rationality and knowledge in our modern society? And that is is somehow 'fascist' to think they don't?
2006-07-26 09:51:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps it could be, but take me for example; I do indeed want religion gone. Would I outlaw it? No. Would I use military might to destroy it, assuming I had such might? No. I want people to get rid of it themselves. I want people to realize it's a fairy tale and abandon it, of their own volition. I don't want to force them to do it, I want to show them why they should do it themselves. That makes a difference.
2006-07-26 09:52:25 · answer #4 · answered by The Resurrectionist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It only becomes fascist if they use force to accomplish the goal.
2006-07-26 09:47:52 · answer #5 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it's an opinion.
2006-07-26 09:49:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋