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Originally Posted by KnifeMissile
My problem with religion is when religious people start enforcing the principles of their fairy tales onto me. When they start influencing politics, en mass, on issues of what I may or may not wear, whom I may or may not marry, what I may or may not research, what we may or may not teach, etc... then fuck you and your religion! These people have political power and very few of them live with the idea that "well, they're my beliefs so I'm the only one who needs to follow them." Christians on this continent think that their religion constitutes absolute morality and, thus, must enforce this onto everyone...
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To my mind, that is The problem with Religion. However, I am not convinced that taking religion away, were it even possible, would solve that problems. It is the heritage of our herd ape forebearers. There are always Bluenoses and Comstocks and people who lash out against the nagging fear that somewhere, someone might be happier than they.
So to answer the original question of whether Theism is down for the count, the answer has to be no. Should it be? I couldn't care less. Whether or not it is the primate troop imperatives will remain, and they are the problem, not the justifications given for them.