Secular philosohy....continued!

[El Pibe]

we're all delusional (just look at your knowledge of greek history for starters) uncleglen. I've no problem with delusion per se (none of us could function without it, ambition is a delusion, weighing up a decision is an exercise in hypothetical delusion) it really boils down to whether that delusion threatens anyones else's reality (they might of course not realise thanks to, say an optimistic (delusional) outlook.

For the most part religion doesn't fall into this category but it most assuredly can. But then so can lots of other stuff.

But yeah, I'm there with the tax squids thing.

[rgutsell]

There is absolutely no doubt that religion is good at offering comfort, in the face of life, and the things it demands from us.

But you don't need to "believe" or have a "faith" to be comforted/advised, supported etc. A secular philosophy could do all of that.

R Gutsell

[El Pibe]

Having said that, my instinctive antipathy towards catholicism comes from a funeral when I was 18 and my mate died in a car accident.

The priest said pretty much word for word "well he never came to me for confession so he might be in a good place or he might not"

It wasn't especially comforting; his mother's reaction alone kind of rippled out.

The priest could have obeyed pibe's rule 1. don't be an arse, but he decided to obey rule 1. of the jobsworth handbook

1.be an arse.