I see a lot of neglect for the good that religions do, and for any sort of balancing test.
If we're measuring and judging all the evils done by people inspired by the beliefs of the religion of (say) Christianity, how do we measure all the good done by people inspired by the beliefs of the religion of Christianity?
Plus, as we go forwards in time, the economic power of Western Christian thoughts and beliefs has increased, so they have the power to (for example) rescue at least tens of thousands of lives from the Indonesia tsunami. No other religion has that power on a purely physical level.
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Date: 2010-04-13 05:37 pm (UTC)I see a lot of neglect for the good that religions do, and for any sort of balancing test.
If we're measuring and judging all the evils done by people inspired by the beliefs of the religion of (say) Christianity, how do we measure all the good done by people inspired by the beliefs of the religion of Christianity?
Plus, as we go forwards in time, the economic power of Western Christian thoughts and beliefs has increased, so they have the power to (for example) rescue at least tens of thousands of lives from the Indonesia tsunami. No other religion has that power on a purely physical level.