Post by movieliker on Jan 5, 2021 9:59:34 GMT
In my opinion, it's either ignorance and/or rebellion.
Some people are too mentally unable to comprehend intangiblilties like spirituality. That is why we keep getting statements like, "There is no empirical evidence."
And some Atheist are just angry at religion for various reasons. So they swear never to endorse it. And constantly blame the religions for what some evil acts people use religion as an excuse for.
That is the same argument the anti gun crowd uses when they say "guns are evil".
And others say "money is the root of all evil".
This goes back to the irresponsibility factor. Like Black Lives Matter blaming the police when criminals get in trouble for being criminals.
Responsible people can use religion, guns and money responsibly. And when they don't, the responsible blame themselves. Not whatever tool they used irresponsibly.
But irresponsible people are never responsible. It's always somebody else's fault. Or something else's fault.
Good points but I think there is more malice than ignorance showing up in the thought control attempts.
I've known many people in Israel who grew up in the former Soviet Union. What's going on with the anti-religion religion and attempts at thought control reminds me of their descriptions of living under Communism.
Maybe in the Soviet Union. But I don't see that here.