This is not quiet an appeal to widespread belief. Because I have an assumption that people realize what they are going through. Therefore religious people should know the effect on religion upon them, thus they are "experts" on the effects of religion. Ergo, this is not merely an appeal to widespread belief.
What is good about religion?
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This is not quiet an appeal to widespread belief. Because I have an assumption that people realize what they are going through. Therefore religious people should know the effect on religion upon them, thus they are "experts" on the effects of religion. Ergo, this is not merely an appeal to widespread belief.
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Perhaps... it's impossible to tell, considering that you seemed to have omitted one salient point:
- you have yet to identify 'What is good about religion'
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ETA: Please note: the following points do NOT identify 'What is good about religion'
simply because the 'benefits' can (and are) realised more efficiently by alternative means
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People would not testify that is good to them if that had not been true.
I do not go to a church. I do not belong to an organized religion.
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Perhaps... BUT... you are still yet to identify 'What is good about religion'
If it is true that people would not testify that religion is good to them if that had not been true, then I do not have to identify what is that is good in it.
If the above is true, it identifies that something is, and I do not need to identify it.
So you are saying that religious people are brainwashed into believing that religion is good for them?
Can you provide evidence for that?
When Saint Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Jesuits said "Give me a boy until he is seven-years-old and I will give you the man.".... Brainwashing was exactly what he was speaking of.
Perhaps also a more modern example: When evangelicals teach that even doubting the truth of the holy spirit is immediate and un-appeal-able grounds for eternal damnation, it is either true or the most horrendous brainwashing imaginable. You don't have to guess what my opinion is.
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Perhaps you do not need to identify it
However... this is a site for scepticism and crtical thinking and, before your extraordinary claim is entertained (let alone accepted), you will have to provide some evidence
Othrewise your argument will be regarded as nothng more than the naive rantings of an ignorant troll
Please note: your claim has been made zillions of times before and NEVER has it been substantiated
There is no reason to think this is true. (at least, the meaning I take from that garbled mess is not true)
One more thing, by my accounting: A really great thing about basing your model of reality on delusional silliness is that the weird, painful, destructive, cruel and nasty results of your perverse worldview don't have to make sense. For all the Inquisitions and burnings and purges and hatred and waste and repression and failure and G.W.B's that seem to tag along with Faith like an ugly girlfriend, you don't even need to apologize. You are forgiven. Undeniably cool.