Anonymous Tipper Tells CC: McCain to Pick Mitt Romney As Running Mate

Tiffany says:
Wed, 9th Jul 200810:29 am 

Evelio,

Interesting that you want to know what religion I follow only to discredit it. If I tell you that I am a Hindu, or a Muslim, or a Jew, or a Druid, or a Satanist, will pointing out the ridiculous notions of those “faiths” make the ridiculous notions of LDS any less ridiculous? The point is: religious beliefs which cannot withstand the light of reason are all either born of superstitions or spring from humankind’s desire to explain that which it does not currently possess the knowledge to accurately explain. If you could travel in time back to the time of Christ and took an ipod with you, you could easily convince even the most intelligent person on earth (at that time) that the ipod was a gift from “God” and possessed “magical powers”. Even if you have no knowledge of electronics whatsoever, I doubt you could now be made to believe that an ipod has magical powers. Just think what the smartest person on earth today doesn’t know compared to a person of average intelligence 2000 years from now (assuming we haven’t made the earth uninhabitable for humans by that time!). In time, if allowed to be viewed with the light of reason, all unsubstantiated religious beliefs will fall by the wayside as humankind’s knowledge of the physical world and its true inner-workings becomes greater and greater. There was a time when the cause of all illness was attributed to evil spirits. I don’t think many modern, thinking people would choose a trip to the witchdoctor over antibiotics prescribed by a medical doctor as a treatment for their infection. Ever increasing, fact-based knowledge is why the religious “beliefs” of one era become the literary entertainment of a later era (like Greek mythology). All of this doesn’t even begin to address the role that religion has historically played in the motivation and control of a largely ignorant populace by a few powerful “religious” leaders. As cliche as it make be, it is no less true: knowledge is power– which is why I believe it is extremely important that we consider where our leaders derive their “knowledge.”