I accuse Atheists in general (and more specifically this argument) of selectively quoting religious thought and choosing only to attack the easy, and largely irrelevant parts of religion. Typical talking points among atheists are abortion, masturbation, the miracles, contraception, hell, exactly what god is, intelligent design. Typical talking points (sermon topics) among Christians seem to be [...]
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self improvement
Is better performed from a basis of rationality (what does the evidence suggest will work?). Very little evidence that religious people are more self-improved than secularists.
finding strength
Even granting the premise that religion grants better strength than secular substitutes (which is not proven), religion introduces possible attack vector in form of refutation of underlying beliefs.
belief in others
Have that anyway. More to the point, religions discourage belief in others when those others are acting contrary to the memeplex.
giving to others
In practice, this might be true—in theory, a secularist can allocate resources more efficiently on the basis of need rather than ideology.
love
You’re joking, right?
Look, this list reads like a Dark-Side cached thought about antitheists: “You’re attacking irrelevancies! Look at all the great things you’re ignoring!” As such, it is boring, and I don’t want to read it.
Ooh, a challenge? Bring it on!
Is better performed from a basis of rationality (what does the evidence suggest will work?). Very little evidence that religious people are more self-improved than secularists.
Even granting the premise that religion grants better strength than secular substitutes (which is not proven), religion introduces possible attack vector in form of refutation of underlying beliefs.
Have that anyway. More to the point, religions discourage belief in others when those others are acting contrary to the memeplex.
In practice, this might be true—in theory, a secularist can allocate resources more efficiently on the basis of need rather than ideology.
You’re joking, right?
Look, this list reads like a Dark-Side cached thought about antitheists: “You’re attacking irrelevancies! Look at all the great things you’re ignoring!” As such, it is boring, and I don’t want to read it.