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"I am absolutely convinced that the main source of hatred in the world is religon"

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  • #62
    PDN
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,686 ✭✭✭✭PDN


    Wicknight wrote:
    Just to clarify I don't agree with Hitchens that group ideologies such as religion or nationalism are the only cause of group conflict.

    But I never saw that as a reason to not oppose them.

    The argument that if you removed religion people would just fight over something else so what is the point is a bit like saying that if you cure HIV people are just going to die from something else. While that might be true (and the history of medicine seems to bear it out) that still isn't a reason to not try and cure HIV. At the very least they won't be dying from HIV

    Indeed, but anyone who declared that they were absolutely convinced that the main cause of death or sickness in the world is HIV would be either a liar or exceptionally ill-informed.


  • #63
    Zombrex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,848 ✭✭✭✭Zombrex


    PDN wrote:
    Indeed, but anyone who declared that they were absolutely convinced that the main cause of death or sickness in the world is HIV would be either a liar or exceptionally ill-informed.

    Well actually HIV is the leading cause of death world wide within the infectious diseases category, followed closely by TB (wide spread TB infections coupled with HIV is causing a medical nightmare in sub-Sahara Africa)

    http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/65508.php


    But I understand your point. As I said I don't agree with Hitchens, nor do I fell that it is necessary for religion to be the "main source of hatred in the world" for it to be criticized and tackled for being a major source of problems in the world (unlike Hitchens I think the use of the world "hatred" to describe the problems of religion is lacking in understanding of how religion works and the emotions it produces, as I explained in a post above)


  • #64
    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭Bottle_of_Smoke


    Hitchen's is a better public speaker than Dawkins but he's saying the wrong things. Way too extreme & the title of this thread surely can't be taken seriously


  • #65
    Húrin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,045 ✭✭✭Húrin


    The idea that particular religions cause wars is foolish. History shows that people have fought each other no matter what their religions, if any, were. While many medieval rulers used religion to justify wars, further research shows that in many cases there were genuinely pious minorities who opposed the violence, and were often killed for it.


  • #66
    nice1franko
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,300 ✭✭✭nice1franko


    "I am absolutely convinced that the main source of hatred in the world is...we are a poorly evolved mamalian species...our pre frontal lobes are too small, our adrenalin glands are too big"

    Fixed his statement.

    http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=0PBF10060BC-Skub.jpg#11


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