thought for the day.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by neophyte

while I hope for (and expect) the fallacy of religion to be eventually filed away in its proper place, next to the "earth is flat" notion, I don't see the notions of good will, justice, altruism, etc. fading as a result. Value judgements such as right and wrong are not in the exclusive purview of theists, no matter how stubbornly they have laid claim to, and perverted them. We are a thinking, self aware species, capable of (and generally predisposed to) positive, constructive modes of thought and action without the preposterous crutch of a belief system founded on an ancient fantasy.

Until such time that we, as a species, shirk off the ignorance, fear and guilt inherent in said brainwashing, we won't know how well we would or wouldn't do with it all.

While I'm hardly religious, I can see positive attributes for those who are. And once the snake kissers are discounted, I'm of the conclusion that most religious people are indeed capable of rational thought, and hardly zealots by anyone's definition.

Now I an curious as to why espouse atheism with the fervor of an Elmer Gantry. Is it not enough to draw your own conclusions and simply go your own way?

I can appreciate your disgust with the likes of Pat Robertson, but it appears to me that other than being polar opposites on religious beliefs, your tactics are much the same.

Chas