I have yet to click on this link, but let me get this straight: you're saying that all religion, no matter what it is, destroys values, and that the only thing that creates a system of values is, in fact, truth (sic)?
The article has nothing to do with religion. Religion was my own tangent, and displays my biases. I also closely associate overzealous religion oftentimes with ignorance and bigotry. I got there by association from the ignorancy and bigotry displayed in the quotes in the article.
It's an overarching thing. If society in general said "don't believe things without facts" then I believe fewer people would think it's okay to ignore them. I believe that there is a certain un-health and life-denying nature (to use Nietzchean terms in a Randian idea) to religions that live for the afterlife or the next life (being most of them).
I'm saying that religion can, when taken to extremes (and even sometimes in not so extreme situations), cause blindness to facts and adherence to dogma. Hell, even football team affiliation can do that (e.g., "my team is the best ever, and all those calls against them are bad refereeing, not mistakes on the part of the team."). Adherence to dogma that lacks evidentiary support is a halmark of religion. It is only a step away from ignoring facts
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It's an overarching thing. If society in general said "don't believe things without facts" then I believe fewer people would think it's okay to ignore them. I believe that there is a certain un-health and life-denying nature (to use Nietzchean terms in a Randian idea) to religions that live for the afterlife or the next life (being most of them).
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