tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135060557127775977.post822906184218970968..comments2009-06-22T23:19:32.957-05:00Comments on Kurtharsis: Blasphemy Week Part VI: What's Wrong with Believin...Kurt Pankauhttps://profiles.google.com/108500389926919033691noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135060557127775977.post-68705938420249190652009-06-22T23:19:32.957-05:002009-06-22T23:19:32.957-05:00Yes, the argument is an exaggeration. I don't...Yes, the argument is an exaggeration. I don't think that religion caused all of these ills, but I do believe that it enabled them and that certainly some of them wouldn't have happened, though I agree that some of them undoubtedly would.<br /><br />The Inquisition is a particularly potent example because yes, it was an excuse to kill people and take their land, but it was an irrefutable Kurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06594378976968497763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3135060557127775977.post-51439298889585670242009-06-22T21:13:47.759-05:002009-06-22T21:13:47.759-05:00It seems to me that God is becoming a scapegoat fo...It seems to me that God is becoming a scapegoat for all the bad things you see in the world, as you've taken a lot of human traits and imposed them on Him. To that, I can only conclude that you have a startlingly optimistic view of human beings acting in their own capacity :)<br /><br />Religion (or the perception thereof) has made a convenient excuse for all kinds of calamity throughout Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14397690087325816911noreply@blogger.com