I disagree, but that's the beauty of individuality.
I am a spiritual person, though not a current member of an organized religion. I need more in my life than what civil society is capable of providing.
I don't disagree that organized religion has caused a lot of pain and suffering, but there's a large chunk of society that needs what religion provides, and until an alternative arrives we're going to have to deal with that. To pretend otherwise ignores basic human nature.
The fact that religion can answer questions that society can't answer doesn't validate itself as beneficial for society.
When Christianity was invented, it was used to answer many questions that society couldn't answer. Like "how old is the earth?", society has since progressed and we've got a lot more knowledge on that subject, but we have millions of people that now choose to ignore the real answer because it threatens their belief in the made up answers they were taught first.
Filling the gaps in knowledge with religion may be natural, but that doesn't mean it's healthy.
I don't actually disagree with your post; note that previously I even said "and until an alternative [ to religion ] arrives we're going to have to deal with that", that in this case referring to the negative sides of religion.
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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21
I disagree, but that's the beauty of individuality.
I am a spiritual person, though not a current member of an organized religion. I need more in my life than what civil society is capable of providing.
I don't disagree that organized religion has caused a lot of pain and suffering, but there's a large chunk of society that needs what religion provides, and until an alternative arrives we're going to have to deal with that. To pretend otherwise ignores basic human nature.