Religion: pros & cons (Religion)

by David Turell , Sunday, September 14, 2014, 16:25 (3721 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: Religion brings comfort, security, and sometimes admirable morality and charity into many people's lives. It also tears communities apart and leads to appalling cruelty. And what people claim to be the Word of God can be used to justify the best and the most evil acts humans are capable of. Humans can lead moral lives without God, because there is enormous satisfaction and happiness to be gained from doing as you would be done by. Love and empathy are not confined to the religious. And I'm sorry to say, self-centredness is not confined to the irreligious.-This paragraph is a wonderful summary of why it is best to think for ones' self and not let the dictates of those who appoint themselves as religious authorities, through their organized religions, tell you what to think and how to act. Cults are another example of the dangers lurking for unthinking followers.