Terrence this is exactly what's wrong with your philosophy..
<<<Religion is popular because people who are lazy-minded want something simple to live by, even if it is wrong, or they are afraid of the unknown, or the are tribal seeking a collective, or they fear death, or they are controlling and they want to control others through a ministry, or a myriad of othe reasons that all appeal to the worst side of human nature or weakness<<<
People who believe in a faith are just a bunch of lazy minded morons huh? C'mon really Terrence.
Freedom does not mean only economic freedom, but spiritual freedom as well. It seems to me in your utopian society you would want to ban the expression of religios persuits. (Just like the Former Soviet Union did). If not ban, your utopian society would certaintly judge these people in a very negative harsh way.
Let's see now, your free to do anything you please as long as it fits your selfish motivations, but if you practice religion, your an idiot and will be labelled by our society as such. Sounds kinda hypocritical to me Terrence.
This may suprise you Terrence but there are millions of people in the good old USA who regularly practice there faith and are not doing it because they are afraid of death or because they want to control other people. You've been meeting too many Maharishe's at the airport or something Terrence.
The funny thing is Terrence, I believe if you had a son and he was randomly hit by a car and was dying in the hospitial, you would be one of the first one's to find a quiet place in the hospital and pray to God to save his life. Ayn Rand and her philosophy would be the last thing on your mind.
Michael |
