Thread: Religion and New Speak

Originally Posted by Original Poster

Some atheists believe if people can think rationally they won't act out of fear or superstition but I think that's putting the cart before the horse. One must first face fear of the unknown and uncertain before they can begin to exercise reason.

Okay, I think I see what you mean now, you're saying that rather than trying to develop the sense of logic of the religious population in order to reduce their fear of the uncertain, the religious population must address their fear of the uncertain to be able to use logic and to hope.

And the consequence of not dealing with fear of the uncertain is that it corrupts the religious' person's view of the holy book. The book says love, they hear hate.

Do I understand it right now?

If that's what you mean, I think I do agree. As long as someone is scared of the uncertain, of what they don't know, they won't want to go explore outside, see the other possibilities of truth, and they won't use logic or creativity to find truth, instead, they will only try to reinforce what they think they know.

So, the goal is to raise awareness of that fear of the uncertainty and become more comfortable with it as a community? (with the intention of both making people's religious practice more genuine and our society more secular?)

Originally Posted by Occipitalred

Okay, I think I see what you mean now, you're saying that rather than trying to develop the sense of logic of the religious population in order to reduce their fear of the uncertain, the religious population must address their fear of the uncertain to be able to use logic and to hope.

And the consequence of not dealing with fear of the uncertain is that it corrupts the religious' person's view of the holy book. The book says love, they hear hate.

Do I understand it right now?

If that's what you mean, I think I do agree. As long as someone is scared of the uncertain, of what they don't know, they won't want to go explore outside, see the other possibilities of truth, and they won't use logic or creativity to find truth, instead, they will only try to reinforce what they think they know.

So, the goal is to raise awareness of that fear of the uncertainty and become more comfortable with it as a community? (with the intention of both making people's religious practice more genuine and our society more secular?)

Precisely, secularize through love rather than assume we can create peace by targeting the religion. Because the major religious organizations have succumbed to fear, the principles or standards they believe make religion necessary have been circumvented. Rational thinking atheists and secularists are therefore more capable of loving thy neighbor and following other basic principles. If they don't take their opportunity to see the truth through the madness and adhere to a higher value then they forsake the evolutionary anomaly that breathes that awareness through their skull in the first place. It is still inherently irrational to think being non-religious is enough to bear witness to the atrocities committed by extremists and do nothing. The fearful have their brains hijacked by a constant it's more important to reduce this hijacking on the brain than it is to be right about things like god and climate change because all these things have been collectively bundled in a mess of new speak that can only remain functional so long as real or imaginary fear continues to repress people.

If you're a rational person, how are you using it?

Originally Posted by Original Poster

If you're a rational person, how are you using it?

Using what?