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[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

My contention with religions are mainly scriptural. Because dogma is an obstacle to reason. It's mostly a pick and choose habit with scripture, but it would be difficult to consciously ignore what another member of one's religion correctly points out is stated in the respective holy text.

That's what I mean by religious reform. How literally should scripture be taken now? Which parts should be embraced and rejected? Because much of it is plain incompatible with social progress. People can compartmentalize contradicting beliefs up to a point, but eventually the cognitive dissonance between reason and dogma becomes too much; Something has to give. And frequently reason loses the Tug of War(especially during periods of emotional tumult when a source of said comfort is most needed). Preemptive religious reform can prevent this situation from occurring.