Quote Originally Posted by Merlock View Post
I started doing this actively literally just a day or two ago because of the huge amounts of R/S threads that suddenly arose. Apparently more than usual or perhaps I just incidentally ran across them (but they're still flooding the "Today's Posts" search consistently as far as I can see).
Yeah, there do seem to be an unusually high amount of them.
Quote Originally Posted by Merlock View Post
The fact that someone makes decisions that affect the world based on religion is that person's fault, not the religion's. People follow beliefs, beliefs don't force themselves upon people by themselves.
I don't get what your point is. If we find the belief is wrong, and the person holds this belief, what is the problem with criticizing that belief? Isn't saying the person is wrong for holding that belief essentially just the same as saying the belief itself is wrong? Wording aside, what's the difference? I agree that we should hold people responsible for their actions. But if those actions are influenced by the beliefs in question, why should we not care? If we know these beliefs to be unfounded, but others remain unaware and actually support these decisions based on those beliefs (which they themselves may not hold, but may still support), it seems our very responsibility to expose them. If you can't be bothered, fine, but don't tell me I shouldn't bother either.