I saw some heid heidyen from the Catholic Church talking about “Aggressive Atheism” on the news this morning.
As an aggressive atheist myself I’m not sure I’m taking any lectures on aggression from The Holy See however one thing I did have some sympathy with was his concern that making society secular would erode the fabric of society by removing the close links between people that exist in organised religion.
Some sympathy; I think organised religion does have some benefit in bringing people together and secular movements could learn something from churches, secular movements shouldn’t underestimate the desire people have to be part of their community.
It’s why I like the idea of Skeptics in the Pub.
(But also the many other secular organisations that ground people in their community, like political parties, drinking societies, sports clubs, drama associations
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Date: 2010-09-17 02:10 pm (UTC)As an aggressive atheist myself I’m not sure I’m taking any lectures on aggression from The Holy See however one thing I did have some sympathy with was his concern that making society secular would erode the fabric of society by removing the close links between people that exist in organised religion.
Some sympathy; I think organised religion does have some benefit in bringing people together and secular movements could learn something from churches, secular movements shouldn’t underestimate the desire people have to be part of their community.
It’s why I like the idea of Skeptics in the Pub.
(But also the many other secular organisations that ground people in their community, like political parties, drinking societies, sports clubs, drama associations