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Question: Do you view religion as a social disease, like street gangs or drug addiction?

(Posted by: Tippy on 2009-10-06 05:03:47)

I do

Posted by: ? on 2009-10-06, 05:07:24

That is a very prejudiced view. I find it as a way of spreading love and hope.

Posted by: Linda - Jesus Loves you!! on 2009-10-06, 05:07:54

You are reported for this question , so you know! enjoy the few minutes before it gets deleted, enjoy it with your fellow atheists. am not going to tell you that you are going to hell, because jesus loves you.

Posted by: Rockadayjohnny on 2009-10-06, 05:07:58

Lucky you, you never stayed in an orphanage run by a church, or a hospital, and maybe you won't wind up in one of their nursing homes. I'd check with the people who lived near Mother Teresa, and ask them if they think she was running a street gang.

Posted by: The Main Man on 2009-10-06, 05:08:19

I don't consider it a "disease " -- just a meme that has outlived its usefulness.

Posted by: techilikey on 2009-10-06, 05:08:24

A social disease and a personal mind virus

Posted by: Gwillam on 2009-10-06, 05:08:29

I do now! Thanks! I've waited 67 years for this insight. That's exactly what religion is! Look at the xian report monkey and her love note from Jebus! LOL!

Posted by: snap144 on 2009-10-06, 05:08:37

No....but if you have been paying attention ....its religion that has saved people from all those harmful things.

Posted by: whirlingmerc on 2009-10-06, 05:12:11

NO. That is the position of some of the new atheists like Christopher Hitchens. See the book "God is not great why religion spoils everything " I would recommend the debate discussion between Hitchins in the DVD COllision. It is about the collision of world views of the new atheists and Chrsitianity. I would also recommend Dawkins vs Lennox. Dawkins seemed a bit bitter. Hitches seemed like he secrete hoped to be proved wrong. A discussion of the Hitchens debate is here. http:\\TheaterOfGod.com

Posted by: jamie on 2009-10-06, 05:13:03

Im not sure if i'd call it a social disease i think its just extremely irrelevant in this day and age when its pretty much been proven to be complete myth i think many of the things it teaches are good.. but we are old enough and smart enough to move on and live our own lives without being governed by some imaginary guy in the sky

Posted by: Angelicforce247 on 2009-10-06, 05:14:18

Nope. But if you wanted to view it that way don't go trying to leave out the lack of religion because they are just as bad on this site as the religious.

Posted by: Thank God I'm Atheist on 2009-10-06, 05:14:26

"Religion is the opiate of the masses " Karl Marx. Hey Linda Jesus loves you: Aren't you doing exactly the same things which would send people to hell, like being judgmental and intolerant?

Posted by: CassandraofTroy on 2009-10-06, 05:15:44

No, actually I view atheism as the social disease. Atheism has taught young people that nothing matters, go do what you want, live for yourself, there are no rules. The filthy hippies of the sixties are their children. Go to Woodstock, smoke dope and fornicate. That is the social disease of atheists. groups.yahoo.com/ group/ AngelMagic/

Posted by: Brett L on 2009-10-06, 05:15:57

Very interesting question.

Posted by: superb9006 on 2009-10-06, 05:17:37

Religion is the action or practice of one's faith. There are those out there who are helping the needy because they are faithful to God. And you call that a social disease.

Posted by: Terry on 2009-10-06, 05:17:49

Tippy???? Your name has a familiar ring to it. Aren't you an ordained minister or something? In that case you would know A lot better than I about the social impact of religion.

Posted by: jeterman67 on 2009-10-06, 05:18:59

No it has been a building block for society since the beginning of time, its how civilizations were formed. without it there would be no order.

Posted by: HaveMercy on 2009-10-06, 05:20:17

That's really quite sad that you feel that way. In my city, the street gangs are filling the kids with drugs, sex, and violence. 11 year old boys walk the streets with a gun in one pocket and a roll of bills in the other. A 12 year old girl was shot in the face at close range and killed last week. The church we partner with, which is located in the heart of the city, on the other hand, provided 20,000 free meals this past year, provides a library, computer lab, and learning center where kids can go after school. They provide sports, dance, and activities to give kids a safer place to go, and they hold regular rallies to protest the violence in their neighborhoods. If you want to class religion as a social disease, then lock me up in the asylum because I'll take it any day over what the world is offering people, and I'm sorry you're too bitter to recognize all the good done in the name of God. Thanks for asking.

Posted by: ? on 2009-10-06, 05:22:16

Thats a pretty good analogy, i've always viewed religion is a virus. A virus hijacks a host, and uses the host to make more copies of the virus. sounds like religion to me

Posted by: Blessed Cheesemaker (cancelled) on 2009-10-06, 05:30:11

I wouldn't call it a disease, its simply bad philosophy. The truth is that human empathy drives charity and orphanages and hospitals etc.... Religion is a philosophical attempt to take the natural human tendency to be kind and empathetic towards others and place it at the feet of a non existent God. Its bad because at its heart it is anti human.