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- philosophy@lemmy.ml
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- philosophy@lemmy.ml
The harm of religion is historically evident whereas the presence or absence of gods is not. Ultimately, the continued existence of religion is predicated on the indoctrination of children and suppression of rational thought. Therefore I am against religion but not necessarily against the idea of gods. For all we know gods are computer scientists and we are in their video game.
This fundamentally misunderstands religion as religion is a set of practices first and a set of beliefs second.
There's an idea behind the set of practices.