Post by FilmFlaneur on Dec 22, 2020 13:00:07 GMT
Anti-religion religion reps are more hostile even in situations where no one is asking them to believe anything.
In my view unbelievers and sceptics today have every right to be trenchant, persistent and stern with the apologists of belief, given the history.
“Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity and uplift, competing as they do in a marketplace. But we have a right to remember how barbarically they behaved when they were strong and were making an offer that people could not refuse.”
― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything