If you could change one thing... Options

[Mistress Bags]

If you could change one the in the world, what would it be? Nothing that would affect you directly, but something, rather, that affects the entire world, something that makes a positive difference.

[NoSex]

"The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind."
-- Marquis de Sade, Aline et Valcour

Uhhmmm. This one is easy.
I would destroy all spirituality. Religion would be so gone.

[Mistress Bags]

"The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind."
-- Marquis de Sade, Aline et Valcour

Uhhmmm. This one is easy.
I would destroy all spirituality. Religion would be so gone.

You are the most brilliant person I have seen on this forum. Every single one of your posts that I have read has completely impressed me.

[*mipadi*]

You are the most brilliant person I have seen on this forum. Every single one of your posts that I have read has completely impressed me.

I don't mean to offend or call anyone out, but how exactly is it "brilliant" to post a rant against religion and spirituality without even explaining one's position? There's a pretty big anti-religion bias among the "intellectual elite" that seems misguided in a way. I don't see anything wrong with a person holding religious or spiritual beliefs. Organized religion, of course, is misguided, but organized religion is hardly about religion—it's about politics. Quoting from Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 64:

"I know. That's exactly the problem. Ninety-nine percent of everything that goes on in most Christian churches has nothing whatsoever to do with the actual religion. Intelligent people all notice this sooner or later, and they concede that the entire one hundred percent is bullshit, which is why atheism is connected with being intelligent in people's minds.

Indeed, organized religion is little more than a virus; quoting again from Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 187:

Hiro puts his head in his hands. He's not exactly thinking about this; he's letting it ricochet around in his skull, waiting for it to come to rest. "Wait a minute, Juanita. Make up your mind. This Snow Crash thing—is it a virus, a drug, or a religion?"

Juanita shrugs. "What's the difference?"

Being against organized religion makes sense. Organized religion is nothing but a rigid hierarchy meant to control people. But I don't really see why spirituality or religion itself is such a bad thing (especially spirituality). If it gives guidance and meaning to a person's life, and it stays personal, what's so bad about it?