re: #184 Thanos

I look at religion as an overall good, even though I’m atheist. There are many great things we would not have without it. It’s also possible that Religion, through providing hope to many who else would fall to madness or nihilism, is a positive force on our evolution. There are even papers on it.

I respect people’s rights to have their beliefs, but I do not think much good comes from religion. Religion causes madness—what else could motivate otherwise good people to blow themselves up in the name of god? Religion distorts morality by causing people to hold on to beliefs without ever questioning whether they are good beliefs to begin with.