Wednesday, February 27, 2013

IS RELIGION FINALLY OBSOLETE...?

THE AGE OF REASON IS 300 YEARS OLD...

THE AGE OF SCIENCE IS 200 YEARS OLD...

IS RELIGION FINALLY OBSOLETE...?

FOR THE BETTER EDUCATED...AND THE MORE RATIONAL YES...

BUT THERE ARE STILL TENS OF MILLIONS FOR WHOM RELIGION IS A SOCIAL CRUTCH ...  

FOR WHOM THE DISEASE OF MAGICAL THINKING STILL DOMINATES THEIR LIFE...

OR FOR WHOME RELIGION ACTS AS AN ETHNIC OR NATIONAL IDENTITY...  AS IS SEEN WITH MANY MUSLIMS IN ARABY AND ASIA...  

RELIGION IS STILL A FORM OF NATIONALISM FOR TOO MANY...

THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN...WOULD BE FOR A SECULARIZATION MOVEMENT TO START FREEING THOSE STILL TRAPPED IN MAGICAL RELIGIOUS THINKING...