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In reply to the discussion: Reza Aslan Made the Worst Case For Religion On The Daily Show [View all]beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)3. I love this part:
So if people bring their values to religion, then what is the point of religion? If gods promulgated will is just something thats adjusted in accordance with the prevailing social and cultural norms of the time, then gods will means nothing; or better yet, gods will is what we say it is because we made it up in the first place.
Lastly, Aslan took aim at those who fault religion for many of the worlds problems:
Unfortunately for Aslan, his perspective here essentially lowers religion to a human undertaking, which, although it is, it is not intended to be. If religion is just as capable of inspiring bad acts as good acts, then it has utterly failed in its purpose of providing a workable moral framework. It can be argued that despite our changing moral norms, god hasnt changed his, and that we humans just seem to be misunderstanding it. But if thats the case, then god hasnt done a very good job of explaining himself in his holy texts.
Lastly, Aslan took aim at those who fault religion for many of the worlds problems:
If youre going to blame religion for violence in the name of religion, then you have to credit religion for every act of compassion in the name of religion, you have to credit religion for every act of love in the name of religion, and thats not what people usually think. They focus very much on the negative.
Unfortunately for Aslan, his perspective here essentially lowers religion to a human undertaking, which, although it is, it is not intended to be. If religion is just as capable of inspiring bad acts as good acts, then it has utterly failed in its purpose of providing a workable moral framework. It can be argued that despite our changing moral norms, god hasnt changed his, and that we humans just seem to be misunderstanding it. But if thats the case, then god hasnt done a very good job of explaining himself in his holy texts.
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Equating criticism of religion with bigotry is common on both the left and right.
beam me up scottie
May 2015
#7
religion is learned cultural behavior. believers go along with their culture even tho they may
msongs
May 2015
#5
Isn't he they guy who claimed to be a religious scholar, but it turns out he lied about it?
Lordquinton
May 2015
#8
Lol, no I compared your lame caricature to one that is significantly more accurate.
rug
May 2015
#35
which is of course meaningless if you had been using QED correctly to begin with,
Warren Stupidity
May 2015
#70
Warren, do you really think you're in a position to lecture anyone on the proper use of words?
rug
May 2015
#72
Wait. You are demanding "credentials" for responses on an internet message board?
Warren Stupidity
May 2015
#76
Agreed. I like what he said about giving credit to religion when it does good.
hrmjustin
May 2015
#21
Reducing religions to mere labels with no necessary beliefs behind them renders...
Humanist_Activist
May 2015
#50
Probably because there is no "objection" - it's funny that in his desperation to absolve religion...
trotsky
May 2015
#58
I'm familiar with Aslan. I think he's generally rather superficial in his analyses.
LTX
May 2015
#73
Its not an objection, but an observation, if belief is no longer necessary for...
Humanist_Activist
May 2015
#78