“Discarding Christianity is intellectually easy, though it might be disagreeable emotionally.”
Andrew Alexander
This entry was posted
on Thursday, March 21st, 2013 at 1:00 and is filed under QOTD.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Both comments and pings are currently closed.
The posting of this quote deserves some criticism.
The entire article the quote is from may be found here:
Alexander, Andrew. “Without religion, the human race will work out its own rules for right and wrong.” 24 November 2009. Daily Mail. .
The whole quote is:
“Discarding Christianity is intellectually easy, though it might be disagreeable emotionally, depending on one’s upbringing.”
Why was the last clause completely left out?
Since religion is such a strong emotional experience, both in its appeal and for the indoctrinated children that have grown up with religion, it benefits us all to acknowledge that fact and realize that it is very difficult for some. Greater understanding and compassion is needed.
A “too bad” attitude in response to the misquoted quote, may be helpful to some believers who would ironically benefit from its reality-based shock value. Ultimately a person does need to emotionally deal with and process the emotions stemming from a change in belief. However, for many of the religious such a strong and chiding attitude up front may simply be off-putting and increase a religious person’s resistance to change when in fact, they should be learning their new human friends are more worthwhile to them than their make-believe ones.
For the best depiction of the emotional experience of a religiously raised person discarding their attachment to the God myth, I strongly suggest Julia Sweeney’s “Letting Go of God”. Even though she came to it as an adult, she manages to capture my adolescent experience quite well, as her comedic take on the process mirrored much of my emotional process.
March 21st, 2013 at 12:13
oh….BOO-HOO !!
go suck your thumb.
March 21st, 2013 at 14:32
How to Deal with Disagreeable Aspects of Christianity
Read more: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/how-to-deal-with-disagreeable-aspects-of-christianity#ixzz2OBGytmSW
Dr. William Lane Craig sets himself up with a softball then breaks into a sales pitch for his videos, tapes, and crap.
March 21st, 2013 at 16:32
The posting of this quote deserves some criticism.
The entire article the quote is from may be found here:
Alexander, Andrew. “Without religion, the human race will work out its own rules for right and wrong.” 24 November 2009. Daily Mail. .
The whole quote is:
“Discarding Christianity is intellectually easy, though it might be disagreeable emotionally, depending on one’s upbringing.”
Why was the last clause completely left out?
Since religion is such a strong emotional experience, both in its appeal and for the indoctrinated children that have grown up with religion, it benefits us all to acknowledge that fact and realize that it is very difficult for some. Greater understanding and compassion is needed.
A “too bad” attitude in response to the misquoted quote, may be helpful to some believers who would ironically benefit from its reality-based shock value. Ultimately a person does need to emotionally deal with and process the emotions stemming from a change in belief. However, for many of the religious such a strong and chiding attitude up front may simply be off-putting and increase a religious person’s resistance to change when in fact, they should be learning their new human friends are more worthwhile to them than their make-believe ones.
March 21st, 2013 at 17:45
For the best depiction of the emotional experience of a religiously raised person discarding their attachment to the God myth, I strongly suggest Julia Sweeney’s “Letting Go of God”. Even though she came to it as an adult, she manages to capture my adolescent experience quite well, as her comedic take on the process mirrored much of my emotional process.