dragonThu, Jun 19, 2008 Ok. But consider this - without religion (or at least the morality it has intertwined with the western world) what would these masses have to keep them from going crazy at all of the information? What's to stop them being more violent (as we are animals and it wouldn't take long for that consensus to prove it's name). There is that inbuilt human idea to believe in things and to obey — how long would it take for people to realise they could use this to contain the masses in the more general sense by getting inside of their head...
I mean if people are stupid enough to get completely sucked in then they should be prepared to face the consequences of their actions. Some people may choose to say 'if only stupidity was painful' or 'if only they removed warning labels from everything because if you were stupid enough not to realise what you were doing was dangerous it would remind you to use common sense'...
But then that's not a very positive outlook on life — stupid people are needed to make everyone else feel better about themselves and without things like religion they could become a serious threat to us all.
Ok. But consider this - without religion (or at least the morality it has intertwined with the western world) what would these masses have to keep them from going crazy at all of the information? What's to stop them being more violent (as we are animals and it wouldn't take long for that consensus to prove it's name). There is that inbuilt human idea to believe in things and to obey — how long would it take for people to realise they could use this to contain the masses in the more general sense by getting inside of their head...
I mean if people are stupid enough to get completely sucked in then they should be prepared to face the consequences of their actions. Some people may choose to say 'if only stupidity was painful' or 'if only they removed warning labels from everything because if you were stupid enough not to realise what you were doing was dangerous it would remind you to use common sense'...
But then that's not a very positive outlook on life — stupid people are needed to make everyone else feel better about themselves and without things like religion they could become a serious threat to us all.