"While the New Atheist movement isn’t, and has never been, a monolithic
phenomenon, its primary motivating idea can be reduced to a single
statement, namely that religion is not merely wrong, but dangerous. In
fact, religion is dangerous precisely because it’s wrong: it commands
believers to act according to “moral” precepts and guidelines that are
ultimately based on private revelations had by ancient prophets claiming
special access to the supernatural. Put differently, religion is our
very best instance of institutionalized bad epistemology, and this is
what makes it unreasonable to accept. And when its doctrinal systems are
put into practice, they often compromise our well-being and prosperity."
Copious evidence substantiates this contention.
Human knowledge has progressed exponentially since the dawn of modern science. It is no longer reasonable to accept claims without sufficient objective evidence. The harm from religion, alternatives to medicine, conservatism, and all other false beliefs will be exposed on this blog by reporting the findings of science. This blog will also reinforce what should be the basics of education: History, Civics, Financial Literacy, Media Literacy, and Critical/Science Based Thinking.
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