Interfaith Group

There's a a few posters who refuses to give religion any credit for any social change that could be accomplished without religion - in other words in order for religion to take credit for any social change or benefit it has to be something that only religion could possibly do.

Anything negative a religion does, on the other hand, is a unique feature of that religion, and proof that it should be abandoned by decent people. This is an interesting version of damned if you do and damned if you don't.

That said, the more reasonable argument is simply that a religion that relies on supernatural authority, well that supernatural authority can change it's mind and since you can't argue with it logically you are trapped. In other words, today I believe that God wants me to be kind and gentle, but tomorrow I might believe God wants me to go around kicking dogs. That I can understand; I don't agree with the argument, but at least it doesn't seem crafted to screw religions either way.

Bryant