Should Governments regulate fraudulent religions?

Should Governments regulate fraudulent religions?....

I am a misogynist, but not a homophobe. Where does that leave me?

All religions which claim 'truth' could be called 'fraudulent'. So that's all of them ! But that is not sufficient to 'regulate' them. On the other hand, [one of the main societal functions of religion (over and above being a psychological opiate) IS to 'regulate' irrespective of non-adherrants views of a particular religion. Therefore the question about 'fraudulence' is ridiculous !
All you are saying is that religious practices which don't conform to contemporary 'norms' should be suppressed. That amounts to trying to take particular drugs away from particular addicts. Good luck with that!

Religion is not an opiate. Religion is more like a type of nutrition. Humans have a basic need to have an identity; a set of beliefs about who they are, why their lives are important, and how they fit in with the rest of the world.

These beliefs are important, but they are by nature superstitions. There is no factual basis for these beliefs. The universe doesn't particularly give any importance to human life, and yet we all need to believe that they do.

Atheists have ditched gods, but they haven't ditched superstition nor have they ditched the idea that some parts of human existence are sacred. We as human beings need these beliefs. Some of us believe in deities. Others believe in justice, or human rights, or equality or the dignity of life or whatever other ideals we have invented out of thin air to justify our existence.

A sense of meaning is a basic human need. The Universe doesn't provide us with any meaning, so we invent our own and pretend it is truth. Religion is as good as any other source of meaning.

We should at least ban religions that have cosmetic features designed to assault sin.

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Should Governments regulate fraudulent religions?....

This could be considered to describe every religion. Please be more specific as to what exactly makes a religion fraudulent, rather then give criteria which can be said to apply to all.

Half way to equality for all which is where your mind should be.

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Should Governments regulate fraudulent religions?....

This could be considered to describe every religion. Please be more specific as to what exactly makes a religion fraudulent, rather then give criteria which can be said to apply to all.

Fraud is based on using lies to push a victim to part with his cash.

That condition does not exist where the religion is based on knowledge and wisdom seeking as they have no need to lie.

Those non-lying religions would be like some Buddhist sects, Karaite Jews and my own Gnostic Christianity. Basically all religions that put man above God. And why not as we create all the Gods.

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DL

I worship Atheos. That is my religion.

It is not a fraud.

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Brandon9000 wrote:

Greatest I am wrote:

Should Governments regulate fraudulent religions?....

This could be considered to describe every religion. Please be more specific as to what exactly makes a religion fraudulent, rather then give criteria which can be said to apply to all.

Fraud is based on using lies to push a victim to part with his cash.

That condition does not exist where the religion is based on knowledge and wisdom seeking as they have no need to lie.

Those non-lying religions would be like some Buddhist sects, Karaite Jews and my own Gnostic Christianity. Basically all religions that put man above God. And why not as we create all the Gods.

Regards
DL

One man's knowledge and wisdom is another man's lie. Christianity is based on the claim that an omnipotent being created the world and that Jesus Christ was created by him to be his son. I'd like to see you offer a shred of evidence to support that.

I get chastised when I try to get the non-believers to be more aggressive towards evil religions.

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I get chastised when I try to get the non-believers to be more aggressive towards evil religions.

I think you should be chastised. Whether a religion is evil or not is subjective.

Sure morals are subjective, and when I find what I think is an evil religion, I fight their ideology.

If you do not, your not living by the Golden Rule and are showing a poor moral sense.

Sure morals are subjective, and when I find what I think is an evil religion, I fight their ideology.

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Sure morals are subjective, and when I find what I think is an evil religion, I fight their ideology.

If you do not, your not living by the Golden Rule and are showing a poor moral sense.

Sure, you fight their religion... they fight your religion... you think they are evil... they think you are evil. Religions are always fighting each other.

The Golden Rule doesn't mean anything to me. It isn't part of my system of morality.

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Sure morals are subjective, and when I find what I think is an evil religion, I fight their ideology.

Does this mean you support fighting religious wars?
Or are you referring to fighting intellectually?