I don't think religion has any place in society. You don't need some god or preacher to determine right from wrong for you; unless you're psychotic, that knowledge is innate. Religion may not necessarily be a bad thing (there are usually some good points like teaching people they should be love and help each other), but I certainly think a lot of them have done a hell of a lot more harm than good over the centuries (crusades, inquisition, suicide bombers, etc.).
Anyway, I take issue with people who don't or won't think for themselves and just swallow whatever they're told without question. Hence you have some people hating others just because they aren't like them and they were told to. Maybe they're not inherently bad, but the brainwashing they've suffered causes them to do bad things (hate/hurt/kill people who aren't like them). So yeah, in that sense they're "bad" for doing bad things that their leaders tell them to. The bad people are those leaders doing the brainwashing; I guess they gain more money and power the more people they convert or something. I sure as hell don't think those people should be in charge of the government, like when the Catholic church basically ran all of Europe.
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Date: 2010-08-07 04:57 am (UTC)Anyway, I take issue with people who don't or won't think for themselves and just swallow whatever they're told without question. Hence you have some people hating others just because they aren't like them and they were told to. Maybe they're not inherently bad, but the brainwashing they've suffered causes them to do bad things (hate/hurt/kill people who aren't like them). So yeah, in that sense they're "bad" for doing bad things that their leaders tell them to. The bad people are those leaders doing the brainwashing; I guess they gain more money and power the more people they convert or something. I sure as hell don't think those people should be in charge of the government, like when the Catholic church basically ran all of Europe.