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<blockquote data-quote="henschman" data-source="post: 2843905" data-attributes="member: 4235"><p>Humanity needs reason. Humanity needs philosophy. Religion? Not so much. Much of it is actually detrimental to our survival and prosperity, and in fact the extent to which humans survive and thrive is a strong testament to how well we <em>haven't</em> followed the tenets of mystical religions that preach self-sacrifice, denial, focus on the spiritual rather than the material, and the impotence of the human mind. Thank goodness humanity has a strong enough sense of self-preservation that we by and large <em>aren't</em> capable of living up to those sorts of values, and following them to their logical conclusion (extinction). </p><p></p><p>The prevalence of religion is IMO due to the fact that most people are bad and lazy philosophers. Rather than figure out for themselves what is right and wrong, moral and immoral, and what they should and should not do, many prefer to accept a pre-packaged philosophical system that doesn't require much thought on their part. Why is X bad? Because God said so. Case closed. </p><p></p><p>Every advancement of civilization that makes our lives so enjoyable today is the product of the human mind, and was made possible by a man who at one point devoted himself to the material world rather than the spiritual one; who was concerned with this life rather than some hypothetical afterlife; who at least in some way trusted in his own knowledge and understanding, rather than in the mumblings of mystics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="henschman, post: 2843905, member: 4235"] Humanity needs reason. Humanity needs philosophy. Religion? Not so much. Much of it is actually detrimental to our survival and prosperity, and in fact the extent to which humans survive and thrive is a strong testament to how well we [I]haven't[/I] followed the tenets of mystical religions that preach self-sacrifice, denial, focus on the spiritual rather than the material, and the impotence of the human mind. Thank goodness humanity has a strong enough sense of self-preservation that we by and large [I]aren't[/I] capable of living up to those sorts of values, and following them to their logical conclusion (extinction). The prevalence of religion is IMO due to the fact that most people are bad and lazy philosophers. Rather than figure out for themselves what is right and wrong, moral and immoral, and what they should and should not do, many prefer to accept a pre-packaged philosophical system that doesn't require much thought on their part. Why is X bad? Because God said so. Case closed. Every advancement of civilization that makes our lives so enjoyable today is the product of the human mind, and was made possible by a man who at one point devoted himself to the material world rather than the spiritual one; who was concerned with this life rather than some hypothetical afterlife; who at least in some way trusted in his own knowledge and understanding, rather than in the mumblings of mystics. [/QUOTE]
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