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Miles T · 06-22-2008, 07:07 PM

Well, your main point is, as I suspected, seems to be that it's permissible because it can theoretically be benign, a type of argument I myself would have made until fairly recently.

However, extend your logic and I suspect you'll get inconsistent positions. Do you think everybody should be allowed to own nuclear weapons? No? Well, it's a similar situation here, just on a scale with less sudden detrimental implications: in practice, those who believe such 'shit' attempt to convert others and let their delusions influence their actions. In practice, if everybody owned nuclear weapons, some would be misused.

One needs only to look at how religion has affected humanity thus far to see the impracticality of condoning it.

06-22-2008, 07:07 PM	#17
Miles T Genin Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 67 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Opinions on Christianity Well, your main point is, as I suspected, seems to be that it's permissible because it can theoretically be benign, a type of argument I myself would have made until fairly recently. However, extend your logic and I suspect you'll get inconsistent positions. Do you think everybody should be allowed to own nuclear weapons? No? Well, it's a similar situation here, just on a scale with less sudden detrimental implications: in practice, those who believe such 'shit' attempt to convert others and let their delusions influence their actions. In practice, if everybody owned nuclear weapons, some would be misused. One needs only to look at how religion has affected humanity thus far to see the impracticality of condoning it.