Religion
In reply to the discussion: Why Is Religion So Afraid Of Women? [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)IMHO, they soft peddled some issues. But as I didn't see the whole thing, I should reserve judgement.
You know that I take the attitude of some of the more militant of the atheist activists, that religion does not deserve a free pass on being respectable any more than atheism -- or any other thing -- does.
I am much aligned with Daniel Dennett on this. We have to break the spell that religion has had on culture and, especially politics. Only then, can we be a whole society again. That could be a worldwide society if we got it done. And nobody would have to stop believing in anything they want, except that their beliefs trump everybody else's.
Citation for lurkers:
Dennett, Daniel C.: Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_the_Spell:_Religion_as_a_Natural_Phenomenon
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0143038338
As always, my friend.