simple
fear and ignorance
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Sun 18 Oct 2009, 19:21, 1 reply)

It's not the actual belief that I have a problem with
it's the way some religious people* choose to reject perfectly good things about modern life on the grounds that they're sinful.

Contraception, for example - how is choice about whether or not one conceives not a good thing?

I've known people who've refused to divorce hated spouses because divorce was a sin, even though they've separated and both met new partners.

Don't get me started on blood transfusions or women's rights!

*I say 'religious PEOPLE' because in this day and age, adults are free to reject the loonier strictures of their church, so they must be actively choosing to obey them.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Sun 18 Oct 2009, 20:13, closed)

but they are up against a formidable pair of adversaries
ignorance and indoctrination
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Sun 18 Oct 2009, 20:29, closed)

Yeah but no but yeah but
while that applies to kids, in this day and age adults can choose to live how they like.

Religion is a lifestyle choice like any other - nobody's forced to submit to it any more.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Sun 18 Oct 2009, 21:28, closed)

You are truly
a woman after my own heart. Read my previous posts if you are also a devout atheist. Well put Juan!
( BobbyParadise, Sun 18 Oct 2009, 21:54, closed)

I'll do dat ting
right away!
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Sun 18 Oct 2009, 22:46, closed)

Adults - especially uneducated adults - are almost as susceptible to indoctrination as children.

(idle insomniac enjoys listening to Sigur Rós at stupid hours, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 1:16, closed)

Even if they've been subjected to it from birth they can still question it and make their own decisions.
Many do this. They have a lot of fun!
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 11:40, closed)