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Originally Posted by Rebelius
but they only need to convince themselves - why does it matter to you what someone else believes?
not all christians believe every word in the bible. I know you're going to come back with something along the lines of "BUT THAT'S WHERE THEIR RELIGION CAME FROM, IT'S THE SOURCE OF THEIR RELIGION THEY THINK IT'S THE WORD OF GOD - THE MUST DO EVERYTHING IT SAYS" - which seems pretty ignorant to me.
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I think one of the problems is that religion lacks a normalising force that corrects errors in the doctrine. In science you have the concept of peer review, where other scientists will try their hardest to falsify your research, whereas in religion, if there's a major disagreement about doctrine, then that group will just go off and form another sect that supports their extreme views.
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Originally Posted by Thebigyin04
i was assuming that everyone agrees that religion is socially acceptable , where as paedophilia and murder are not ..
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That's not a good basis for saying something is right or wrong either if you think about it.
What if you were living in a society where everyone thought it was OK to murder ethnic minorities? Does that make it right?