Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [RELIGION] Evolution and religion

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Mike Miller wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Nov 2006, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
>
> > > I am also with mike on the issue of people using their religion to 
> > > get ahead. You see that with Politics a lot.
> >
> >
> > Yes, I don't deny it.  But that doesn't mean that everyone who is in 
> > politics, and who claims to have religion, is doing so necessarily 
> > because they want to manipulate people.
>
>
>
> This is one of the fundamental problems of religion -- it is not 
> possible to distinguish those who truly believe from those who are 
> faking it. Worse, it is not even possible to *define* what it means to 
> truly believe something.
>
> A related issue is that people are not good at detecting lying, so 
> people can be fooled, and often are fooled, by liars.

But why is this an issue about RELIGION?  You seem to be implying that 
if we get rid of religion, then suddenly politicians won't have a 
platform to use for lying to people.

This isn't a fundamental problem about religion.  It is a fundamental 
problem about human nature.

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Stephen Montgomery-Smith
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