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| Nov 28, 2017 at 11:26 | comment | added | user20253 | I feel that both Viziionary and James are right. The simple truth is that a great many religious believers know very little about their religion.and often don't want to know more. As well as pseudo-science there is pseudo-religion and unless we're seriously interested in religion we may struggle to distinguish the wheat from the chaff. I've read whole books in which the author is unable to do this. Then long arguments ensue about issues that are not issues at all, as James' answer indicates. . | |
| Oct 28, 2017 at 3:55 | comment | added | James Kingsbery | Given that the question is whether religion is fundamentally problematic and not statistically problematic, providing one good argument in the negative suffices to show it's not fundamental. As to the statistical question, I'm not sure, but I have plenty of examples of religious people in my life who are logicial, rational people. | |
| Oct 18, 2017 at 23:53 | comment | added | J.Todd | For example, yes there have been many people who've been raised into Religion from birth and then changed their way of thinking, but I suppose it comes down to a discussion of the potential of a religion to promote logical thought and it's actual, statistical effect toward or against that result (logical thinking). I don't have the statistics to back this up, but I would estimate based on my experience with the mindset of the "average" religious person that the effect is not one of logical and free thinking, but of the blind following of the religion's dogma. | |
| Oct 18, 2017 at 23:49 | comment | added | J.Todd | I just noticed some activity on this old question, so I realize this is a very late response, but: On your points, I wouldn't argue that any of them are wrong, but I might question whether or not they accurately reflect the mindset of the average religious person. You take a very deep look into the philosophies and ideas involved in the teachings of your religion, but having been raised Catholic myself, and having many many Catholic friends, I can at least attest that the majority of the ones I know do not consider things even at a fraction of the depth that you discuss in your answer. | |
| Apr 18, 2016 at 4:44 | history | answered | James Kingsbery | CC BY-SA 3.0 |