Proof of lived experience and philosophical conjecture?
Neither… get proof that religion is right/accurate. That is what we are talking about and what I replied with “get proof”. No need to move the goal post.
get proof that religion is right
How do you prove a moral philosophy is correct?
That’s precisely the point bud.
You cannot and therefore we should not use religion (in this instance) to write laws… it would be like banning musical genres based on my taste
I do not agree with the original quote from Hitchen that every religion must be wrong (although I do not think any are right since they are all just made up stories) but I do believe that should be left to people’s personal choice and not a centimeter more.
You cannot and therefore we should not use religion (in this instance) to write laws…
Strictly speaking, we don’t. Legislation has to be in line with the constitutional authority of the acting branch.
But when you talk about rationales for that action, there’s no filter that exists to screen an individual’s religiously informed ideology from their legislative, judicial, or executive behavior.
Hell, given the nature of popular democracy, there can’t be. What are you going to do? Establish a religious exclusion test for candidates? For voters? Who would support that in a country with enormously influential and active religious organizations?
I do believe that should be left to people’s personal choice
When large numbers of people engage in the same personal choices, they create an implicit policy. When state officials campaign, they appeal to the local customs and taboos. And those customs/taboos become laws, on the ground that they service some useful social function.
What prevents this snowball from forming? Are you going to forbid a plurality of people from propagating their views?
