Reply #72: need some good pro-religion music today.

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Maybe Christmas music.

On second thought, I just realized how bigotted that request is. One should never cast judgment on someone's religion and judging religion as a positive thing is still a judgment.


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I've just been told that only negative opinions about religion are bigotted. We are perfectly free to say nice things about a religion--even though that implicitly is an implicit criticism of every other religion. We are not free to come to the contrary conclusion no matter what the evidence is. So if you think the evidence is damning of faith, for gods' sake lie about it. Do not express your well-reasoned opinions. Only the faithful are permitted to do that.

P.S.S.
Okay, now I found out that the social convention against religious criticism is only to protect believers from having to dedend the indefensible. Obviously the idea that killing an innocent man to make the rest of us less guilty in YHWH's eyes is a barking mad idea. Imagine how embarassing it is for the believer to be put on the spot to defend this notion. Likewise, bringing up the problem of theodicy will put any believer in a difficult position. It's much easier to pretend these problems don't really exist than it is to risk damaging someones fragile ego. And if irrational beliefs encourage or at least justify horrible behavior, it is important to pretend this obvious fact doesn't exist. Every other motive in the world makes people do evil things, but never religion. Without this unjustifiable wall of deference, people would be exposed to the plain irrationality of their opinions and that just isn't done!