tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post5698317052839758943..comments2023-08-20T11:07:28.396+01:00Comments on Freeborn John: Religion is good for kidsPeter Risdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-50166177495552785742007-04-25T13:24:00.000+01:002007-04-25T13:24:00.000+01:00Judged by spelling in that last post, I suspect th...Judged by spelling in that last post, I suspect that by my own agrument, I really ought have a religion. <BR/><BR/>TFIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-2316718062903069162007-04-25T13:22:00.000+01:002007-04-25T13:22:00.000+01:00To add to this, I don't think that the church just...To add to this, I don't think that the church just provides a social network. During a visit to Eastern Europe I popped into a church to be surprised to find it packed with people, they weren't talking to each other, but sat there in slight contemplation of the last week, the following week, what they have done, what they would like and most importantly - how would an independent third party with complete knowledge of the situations judge there actions.<BR/><BR/>What time is allocated in modern secular society for introspection of your own actions?<BR/><BR/>The main thing that we lack is the threat of a big beardy man in the sky that will strike you down if you are bad, this works well with children, stupid people and the gullible.<BR/><BR/>The more intelligent require more sophisticated thinking to encourage them to behave appropriately in society; this is considered to be education.<BR/><BR/>I suppose that the argument I'm building is only empathic intelligent people can be trusted to be without a religion.<BR/><BR/>TFIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com