The Pitch: Banning All Religion

[musicman2229]

I'm an agnostic. The way I see it, banning religion is not only immoral and impossible, but it would also be completely ineffective. The problems with religion arise, as previously discussed, when manipulative people persuade weak-minded people that something is right and something else is wrong, and use commonly held beliefs to justify it. This leads to prejudice, discrimination, and general conflict. If there were no religion, the manipulative people would simply herd the weak-minded flock by misinterpreting science in favor of their prejudices. "Women's brains are physically smaller, therefore women are mentally inferior to men." "Homosexuals have higher rates of HIV, therefore homosexuals are dangerous and need to be segregated." The only difference is the literature they are skewing to make their points.