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Originally posted by braindamage351
Morality has nothing to do with religion.
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Well, it has something to do with religionI, but its origins are not found in religion.
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People all naturally have good intentions.
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I would argue that people also naturally have bad intentions. Morality is not all about love and friendship. Many people do bad things in the name of morality as well.
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The repression that religion caused has turned our entire lives into a quest for sex. That is pretty animalistic if you ask me.
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You give religion too much credit. I would argue that our lives have always been a quest for sex. Your ancestors were all successful in that quest. The descendants of those that failed aren't with us today because they were never born. Of course it's animalistic. We're animals. Aren't we?
More generally, I think opponents of religion give it too much credit for all of the bad things that go on in the world. It's always: "If we just got rid of religion, everything would be ok." (Dawkins often sounds this way in his rants about religion. Especially post-9/11. See
here for an example: ).
Religion is not the root of all of the world's problems, nor is it the solution.