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Monuments to 'Reason': De Botton's temple exercise : Comments
By Binoy Kampmark, published 21/2/2012Secularism has a habit of aping religion in a self-destructive way.
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Why does the author believe that an aim requires faith? What is "an imperfect instrument of the will"?
Just because some aim is difficult to achieve doesn't mean the aim requires faith, except maybe the faith that co-operation makes more sense that competition as it did when our forefathers were hunters. That was the case for about 99% of the time that intelligent upright walking homo species have existed.
Democracy is based on the fact that there is no evidence that that parenthood gives anyone the right or the ability to rule and that all individuals are deserving of equal opportunity.
Dawkins is right. Secularism should spend any money it can raise teaching the next generation to avoid dogma and to think clearly.