Shani Louk, who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival during Hamas' October 7 terrorist attacks, has been confirmed dead, according to Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Well said. Extremists is a good word, as there are religious people with conservative beliefs that still wouldn’t cross the line into violence.
I completely agree that the world would be better off if we could somehow shed the chains of harmful religions. The decline of religion seems to come about naturally with education and modernization as shown with the decline of Christianity in the modern western world. The myths start to lose their power when there is access to a bunch of evidence to the contrary of what some musty old book says.
Iran used to be a beautiful place when the people in charge there were focused on modernization instead of religion. As soon as conservative Muslims took over, the focus was put back on Islam, and the place is an authoritarian third world hellhole now.
The myths start to lose their power when there is access to a bunch of evidence to the contrary of what some musty old book says.
It’s pretty absurd to me that people dedicate their lives so completely to those myths, how they all make overlapping and incompatible claims, how the gods always seem to be concerned with the same things their followers are rather than concerns beyond our comprehension, how none can provide non-falsifiable evidence to back their claims… Extremism takes root in ignorance, this is why education instead of indoctrination is so important. I find it ironic how many religious people find their way to atheism through studying the historicity of those very same musty old books.
Iran used to be a beautiful place when the people in charge there were focused on modernization instead of religion. As soon as conservative Muslims took over, the focus was put back on Islam, and the place is an authoritarian third world hellhole now.
Which is a shame, the refugees I’ve met from there have always been friendly and there’s a lot of fascinating history and tradition and natural beauty in that part of the world that I’ll probably never get to experience because of extremist hatred. If they come to their senses I would love to visit Iran one day.
Well said. Extremists is a good word, as there are religious people with conservative beliefs that still wouldn’t cross the line into violence.
I completely agree that the world would be better off if we could somehow shed the chains of harmful religions. The decline of religion seems to come about naturally with education and modernization as shown with the decline of Christianity in the modern western world. The myths start to lose their power when there is access to a bunch of evidence to the contrary of what some musty old book says.
Iran used to be a beautiful place when the people in charge there were focused on modernization instead of religion. As soon as conservative Muslims took over, the focus was put back on Islam, and the place is an authoritarian third world hellhole now.
It’s pretty absurd to me that people dedicate their lives so completely to those myths, how they all make overlapping and incompatible claims, how the gods always seem to be concerned with the same things their followers are rather than concerns beyond our comprehension, how none can provide non-falsifiable evidence to back their claims… Extremism takes root in ignorance, this is why education instead of indoctrination is so important. I find it ironic how many religious people find their way to atheism through studying the historicity of those very same musty old books.
Which is a shame, the refugees I’ve met from there have always been friendly and there’s a lot of fascinating history and tradition and natural beauty in that part of the world that I’ll probably never get to experience because of extremist hatred. If they come to their senses I would love to visit Iran one day.