Religion
In reply to the discussion: Scepticism, class, and the 'New Atheists' [View all]rug
(82,333 posts)You have selected naturalism, an ideology.
You approach it from another angle. What does history show is the fruit of religion? You are answering the question by critiquing religion, which is not the same thing as theism. You are also using a tool which is riddled with the biases of the conqueror and is not nearly as rigorous as your first choice, i.e., scientific observation.
You have selected historicism, an ideology.
Reason is a fine tool but the logic of reason omits intuition, synergy and knowledge by happenstance, a la penicillin. No one, even assuming fail proof, consistent logic, can reason his or her way to the answer to the question presented. Otherwise the debate would have been silenced millennia ago.
You have selected rationalism, an ideology.
I'm not saying there is anything bad about ideology. To the contrary, it's how we developed and it's how we live. It is the stuff of everyday life, whether it concerns driving past Walmart or eschewing meat.
But it exists nonetheless. Atheism is no exception.