You can't talk about modern secular belief without...
... Christopher Hitchens!
This is a short post, fitting because he recently passed away after a long battle with cancer. Here's a compilation of this brave and offensive man, he's in a better place now he's dead.
His points are valid. Ideology is more of the enemy than religion. Like the Jains are not violent people. Most religious people are only religious for their parents/grandparents. I go to a religious college and no one really believes it. Religion doesn't make anyone good. The idea of a Utopia is evil. One person's heaven is another person's hell. Tolerance is what is needed. Intolerance towards violence.
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ReplyDeletehe has a point. but i am not really sure what to make of this.
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ReplyDeleteHis points are valid. Ideology is more of the enemy than religion. Like the Jains are not violent people. Most religious people are only religious for their parents/grandparents. I go to a religious college and no one really believes it. Religion doesn't make anyone good. The idea of a Utopia is evil. One person's heaven is another person's hell. Tolerance is what is needed. Intolerance towards violence.
ReplyDelete^ I'd say ideology, unwavering acceptance, and zealousness without any regards to the beliefs of others is the bigger enemy.
ReplyDeleteAgree with Ryno. Something clicked.
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