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roachboy said:there's a tendency here for folk who do not believe in some god to assume that belief is a defect of some kind, and a counter-assumption (which you see less often here because of the demographic we happen to have playing the game of posting stuff) that the lack of belief constitutes a defect of some kind. it's hard to get to a space of good will through that.
IMO, belief in a deity for the purpose of finding some degree of comfort in in a rough world serves a useful purpose; but when it takes on dogma and becomes exclusive rather than inclusive, it frequently results in violations of civil rights, e.g the prohibiting of atheists to hold public office (which exists in several state constitutions) and the opposition to the right to choose to terminate a pregnancy. The sad part of all this is that the "belief" is based on what I can only call a fantasy, since it can not be proven any more than the belief of some ancients that Ra was the sun god who must be appeased. Have I added to the difficulty of a constructive dialogue, or have I made it easier?
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