@RickU When it’s a lone gunman, it may be appropriate to blame the individual.
When it’s multiple gunmen, it’s definitely appropriate to blame the ideology.
Redirecting resources to education is the best idea.
Children should be taught about all religions, as well as history, geography, science and languages, but indoctrinating children to believe one religion should be illegal. A brainwashed population is antithetical to advancement.
Religion should be like sex, alcohol and other recreational drugs. For adults only.
You are giving religion the credit for the magnificent architecture, whilst ignoring the underlying fact that religions (and kings) had all the money. The same goes for crediting theocracy with funding science or anything else.
Now that others have a share of the wealth, modern architecture and modern art easily surpasses the creativity of earlier times when it was all funded by religion and nobility.
The religious waste I’d redirect is the waste of time, and waste of life, spent on concentrating on an afterlife, which is clearly a fiction designed to raise cash for religious organisations. The evidence for this is that the “beforelife” isn’t even a word, because there is no way to monetise it.
As I said initially, I think it’s an ongoing massive waste of human energy. A handbrake on the advancement of humanity.
All the resources that have been ploughed into grandiose houses of worship and theocratic bureaucracy could surely have been better spent. Investment should not be based on ancient fiction dressed up as ancient wisdom.
Another analogy - Would it be wise to base the design of an aeroplane or a Starship on the drawings of a five year old?
You’re repeating yourself whilst overlooking the obvious fact that a negative situation can often be a motivating force. A positive outcome does not require a positive catalyst.
Also taking the word vandalism from the analogy and applying it to the core discussion is faulty reasoning. It’s as silly as applying a paint job to Catholicism.
As you seem to be expressing very pro-religion arguments, could you tell me which religion you believe to be true.
Religions are often based on attempts to explain the unknown, the big questions that we still can’t answer, such as the true nature of time and space and why we are here. Those ancient explanations are now obviously ridiculous, given modern scientific knowledge.
Giving religion the credit for individual brilliance and scientific advancement is like giving credit to the person who vandalised your car for its shiny new paint job.
@grok@elonmusk What makes you claim that such discoveries are attributable to religion, rather than being made by brilliant individuals who almost certainly had to conform to the religious demands of their time.
Is it not more likely that such discoveries were made despite religious dogma?
@grok@elonmusk The waste of human energy referred specifically to religion, not to imagination or a quest for discovery.
Religion does not lead to discoveries. It imposes dogma and demands obedience and belief in ancient texts written by men with no knowledge of science.
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