Andrew wrote:
> On 2008-02-12 10:53:02 +0000, bob young <alaspectrum@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
said:
>
> >
> >
> > Midwinter wrote:
> >
> >> bob young <alaspectrum@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said :
> >>
> >>>>> Religion, what a scam.
> >>>>
> >>>> It is the way Bill tells it.
> >>>
> >>> If that is the best you can do we can safely assume then that
religion
> >>> is a scam.
> >>
> >> You can assume it - but to be convincing, you'd have to define in
what way
> >> *religion* is a scam.
> >>
> >> You can also explain, if you like, how Bill's diatribes against
> >> Christianity expose *religion* as a scam. But that's secondary. I'm
more
> >> interested in the first point here. How is *religion* a scam?
> >
> > OED 'SCAM' - a trick or swindle, a fraud.
> >
> > It is a scam because thousands preach to millons making claims on
subjects
> > that have never been verified and claiming them to be 'facts' . The
swindle
> > is worsened when it is perpetrated on children at an age where they
normally
> > find the data becomes lodged in their brains for the rest of their
lives.
> >
> > If that is not a scam I don't know what is.
>
> A scam usually involves deliberate falsehood. Whether you like it or
> not, the vast majority of religious believers are honest in their
> beliefs.
They honestly believe in their god - yes.
They have been scammed into so believing - THAT is what we object to
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