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I believe it is possible to gradually cleanse the waters and remove some of the mud. Before doing so, one needs sufficient wisdom to discern the babies from the bathwater. Whereas awareness of our personal fallibility generally gives rise to the prudence that limits mistakes, the arrogant presumption of "knowing" better than others tends to give rise to hasty actions with potentially harmful consequences for all concerned.As you are already aware, mankind is enjoying many good things that have arisen from a variety of the religious pursuits of mankind.Whether such things might have been achievable absent religion is a matter of which I am sincerely doubtful and choose not to speculate. My preference is to work with the best of our accumulated knowledge base in the expectation of gradually improving it.
I believe it is possible to gradually cleanse the waters and remove some of the mud. Before doing so, one needs sufficient wisdom to discern the babies from the bathwater. Whereas awareness of our personal fallibility generally gives rise to the prudence that limits mistakes, the arrogant presumption of "knowing" better than others tends to give rise to hasty actions with potentially harmful consequences for all concerned.
As you are already aware, mankind is enjoying many good things that have arisen from a variety of the religious pursuits of mankind.
Whether such things might have been achievable absent religion is a matter of which I am sincerely doubtful and choose not to speculate.
My preference is to work with the best of our accumulated knowledge base in the expectation of gradually improving it.
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