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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (24859)	11/12/2006 10:51:50 AM
From: Solon	Respond to of 28931

"People tend to think of religiosity or being involved in religion as something that is a proxy for being a good person, being a moral person, being a trustworthy person and being a good citizen," said Penny Edgell, University of Minnesota associate professor of sociology and the study's lead researcher. "Most people don't even know an atheist. It becomes this label that people respond to that doesn't say much about the group in question but says a lot about people's assumptions."" On the other hand, atheists, agnostics, and humanists (if they are rational) judge the morality of someone by their values and actions rather than by their label. We don't (for instance) assume a Christian is dangerous or lacking in kindness, nor do we assume an atheist is necessarily compassionate or clean-handed. The really disturbing thing about people whom truly understand and value their particular religious dogma (dogmas which run high into the thousands) is that they often demonize other religious groups worshipping "FALSE" Gods (generally the strongest proscription from all exclusivity "Gods"--as one would expect) LESS than they demonize humanists for extolling humanity. Go figure! ???