https://the-orbit.net/greta/2010/04/20/atheist-meme-of-the-day-religion-is-useful-is-a-bad-argument/ Atheism, sex, politics, dreams, and whatever. Tue, 25 May 2010 03:10:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 https://the-orbit.net/greta/2010/04/20/atheist-meme-of-the-day-religion-is-useful-is-a-bad-argument/#comment-34243 Tue, 25 May 2010 03:10:19 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2010/04/20/atheist-meme-of-the-day-religion-is-useful-is-a-bad-argument/#comment-34243 As Edwin Starr sang back in 1970: “War (Religion) what is it good for? Absolutely NOTHING!” That it provides comfort to some people does not put religion on a pedestal. It’s an evil con, the biggest single con ever put over humankind. It’s attracted tax-free status in most western countries, on the pretext it does some good. The primary focus of religious charities is to harness more believers. They even admit that, at least the salvation army & st. vinnie de paul admitted in australia in 2004. It’s an evil con and must be discretely removed from society. Get it out of the schools…

]]> https://the-orbit.net/greta/2010/04/20/atheist-meme-of-the-day-religion-is-useful-is-a-bad-argument/#comment-34242 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:50:47 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2010/04/20/atheist-meme-of-the-day-religion-is-useful-is-a-bad-argument/#comment-34242 Historically, religion has been useful for encouraging people to fight in wars … usually wars that couldn’t possibly benefit most of those who risked or lost their lives fighting in them.

]]> https://the-orbit.net/greta/2010/04/20/atheist-meme-of-the-day-religion-is-useful-is-a-bad-argument/#comment-34241 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:40:35 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2010/04/20/atheist-meme-of-the-day-religion-is-useful-is-a-bad-argument/#comment-34241 it might be useful to concentrate wealth, power and influence into the hands of the few
it might be useful to forge community identity
it might be useful to the individual for hope and (false) comfort
religion’s greatest use is to stop the poor from rising up and slaughtering the rich, on the promise of an afterlife reward, since religion so often fetishes poverty
but useful had nothing to do with true

]]> https://the-orbit.net/greta/2010/04/20/atheist-meme-of-the-day-religion-is-useful-is-a-bad-argument/#comment-34240 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:35:24 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2010/04/20/atheist-meme-of-the-day-religion-is-useful-is-a-bad-argument/#comment-34240 It has certainly been of no use to me.

]]> https://the-orbit.net/greta/2010/04/20/atheist-meme-of-the-day-religion-is-useful-is-a-bad-argument/#comment-34239 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:29:19 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2010/04/20/atheist-meme-of-the-day-religion-is-useful-is-a-bad-argument/#comment-34239 “Useful to whom?” is my usual response.
Useful to authoritarians, yes. Useful to the advancement of social justice and peaceful coexistence? Err…

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