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In reply to the discussion: Reza Aslan Made the Worst Case For Religion On The Daily Show [View all]gcomeau
(5,764 posts)59. It's a problem...
... in the sense that it undermines the purpose of his argument. If he's trying to defend religion calling it an empty facade whose core teachings most people don't bother to take seriously is a weird way to do it.
The article simply pointed out that his argument was not very good *as a defense of religion*.
"Second, if religion satisfies some fundamental need for tribal affiliation, wouldn't that be a form of relevance in and of itself? "
A form of, sure. An insignificant, hypocritical, phony one if you want to believe Reza (or atheists for that matter). But if that's good enough for you, hey...
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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