tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post3832800276333960619..comments2024-02-24T00:25:39.415-08:00Comments on Examined Worlds: Is religion bad for humanity? (Part 1)Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490888839784651097noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-90083682075892534842015-01-13T13:32:39.973-08:002015-01-13T13:32:39.973-08:00I should add that some even more basic problems wi...I should add that some even more basic problems with the question are that it's not entirely clear what counts as "religion" (as any scholar of religious studies or philosophy of religion can tell you). I'm also not being clear about what I think counts as "good" and "bad" for humanity. My assumptions for the sake of this post are that religion involves some sort of belief or practice involving the supernatural (itself an unclear term) and a belief in an afterlife (again, given that it's at least logically possible, if not physically possible, to download consciousness into electronic brains, this isn't clear either). On goodness and badness I'm basically assuming a quasi-Aristotelian notion of human flourishing (again, controversial). With the meaning of these basic terms as fluid as they are, the question may be poorly formed from the beginning, and hence, impossible to answer.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13490888839784651097noreply@blogger.com