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Religion and Ethics Discussion => Theism and Atheism => Topic started by: Shaker on August 28, 2018, 08:48:45 AM

Title: "The culture of respect for religion has gone too far"
Post by: Shaker on August 28, 2018, 08:48:45 AM: Not wrong, but that ship sailed a long, long time ago, Polly: https://tinyurl.com/yckyl6hu

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Religions still command an unwarranted aura of respect, preventing outside scrutiny [...] Wherever religions hold sway, LGBT people are persecuted and women subjugated, Islamophobia and antisemitism flourish.

Our 26 bishops in the House of Lords seem a quaint anachronism compared with Iran’s ayatollahs, but only Iran and the UK are still theocratic, with faith in their legislature. Despite less than 2% of Britons attending services and 70% of the country’s young having no faith, our state church holds power far beyond its dwindling size. It is opposed to every progressive change, resisting same-sex marriage and successfully blocking assisted dying, despite 80% of the public having supported it for decades. And no party dares to abolish faith schools.

Wherever people are in the power of priests, imams and spiritual leaders, the state has a duty to inspect what’s happening to the hidden-away children and women under their power. The Irish lesson is less respect for religion, and more instinctive suspicion.
Title: Re: "The culture of respect for religion has gone too far"
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on August 28, 2018, 09:18:47 AM: Quote from: Shaker on August 28, 2018, 08:48:45 AM
Not wrong, but that ship sailed a long, long time ago, Polly: https://tinyurl.com/yckyl6hu

Toynbee is a busted flush who proved ineffectual against the right.
Title: Re: "The culture of respect for religion has gone too far"
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on August 28, 2018, 09:23:12 AM: Quote from: Shaker on August 28, 2018, 08:48:45 AM
Not wrong, but that ship sailed a long, long time ago, Polly: https://tinyurl.com/yckyl6hu
A little light on the Krauss issue.
Title: Re: "The culture of respect for religion has gone too far"
Post by: Nearly Sane on August 28, 2018, 09:54:41 AM: Quote from: The poster formerly known as.... on August 28, 2018, 09:23:12 AM
A little light on the Krauss issue.
Relevance?
Title: Re: "The culture of respect for religion has gone too far"
Post by: Shaker on August 28, 2018, 10:02:19 AM: None whatever. Don't say you were expecting any?
Title: Re: "The culture of respect for religion has gone too far"
Post by: wigginhall on August 28, 2018, 10:45:15 AM: Yes, I laughed when I saw this article, it seems like old hat, but I suppose the Pope's visit to Ireland is a reminder of the toxic effect of a suffocating religious atmosphere, thankfully being dispelled in Ireland.
Title: Re: "The culture of respect for religion has gone too far"
Post by: Steve H on August 28, 2018, 11:36:13 AM: Quote from: The poster formerly known as.... on August 28, 2018, 09:23:12 AM
A little light on the Krauss issue.
So Krauss may be a groper. What has that got to do with the truth or otherwise of atheism? People in all religions and none generally espouse a better morality than they practise, because they are fallible humans.