Morality is doing what is right no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told no matter what is right.
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Category Archives: Religion
Image: “Why Women are Leaving the Church”
Video: “The Atheist and Her Brain – Margaret Downey”
Quote: David Eller
If America is a Christian country because it was founded by Christians, is it also a white country because it was founded by whites? A male country because it was founded by males?
Video: Christopher Hitchens, “Christianity is False and Immoral”
Video: “Welcome To This World”
Open Letter: “Dear Believer,” by Dan Barker
I also find Christianity to be morally repugnant. The concepts of original sin, depravity, substitutionary forgiveness, intolerance, eternal punishment, and humble worship are all beneath the dignity of intelligent human beings and conflict with the values of kindness and reason. They are barbaric ideas for primitive cultures cowering in fear and ignorance.
Article: “Yielding to Censorship: [Missouri] School Board Bans Books That are ‘Contrary to the Bible'”
When I first encountered [Slaughterhouse-Five] in high school, I wasn’t sure what to make of it. But it sure made me think, which, in my view, is what a good novel should do. Funny thing about that thinking – some people see it as dangerous.
Article: “The Santa Delusion: Why ‘Religion Is Useful’ Is a Terrible Argument For Religion”
I think the argument from utility is absurd on the face of it. I think the entire idea of deciding what we think is true based on what we want to be true is laughable. Or it would be, if it weren’t so appalling.
