The only downside I can really see is not being able to be who you are without this fear of backlash. My mom's southern baptist and I "came out of the closet" a few years ago about being atheist...it obviously hasn't gone over well. I've lost count how many times she's said I'm going to hell...
I wasn't saying that it doesn't affect your decisions. I was saying that I don't think it's as bad as people like to say it is. I don't drink very often so I have a fairly low tolerance. And Yes my inhibitions are lower, but I still know when enough is enough. I'm still alert enough to say I...
First I'd like to say that though I agree to a certain extent that alcohol doesn't affect decisions as much as portrayed. However, many women do have a lower tolerance for alcohol than men. Also I think that if the woman is drunk and the man isn't it should be considered rape in almost all of...
Smart's Dimensions of Religion
1) Ritual
2) Mythological
3) Doctrinal
4) Ethical
5) Social
6) Experiential
7) Material/Artistic
Of course it is not necessary for a religion to have all seven dimensions, but it should have several. And I suppose it also depends on which dimensions someone...
Don't feel bad about believing in the stork story. In my economics class there was a question on a test that had to do with the relationship between storks and babies, and two people answered "because babies really do come from storks". And that was in college. Anyways as far back as I can...
I must have a way with people because my mom's husband's brother just told his children that they can't be around me. I guess because my views are a bad influence on them (even though i've never spoken to them about religion. I mean honestly why would I?). Oh well. I guess it's just something I...
The reason people assume by force is because if you want to teach the "morality" of the bible to students that way there will be less violence, then it must be mandatory. Because if you teach some students the difference between right and wrong and others not then what are you really...
I've been non-religious for several years and atheist for about two years. Well last year I just "came out" and told my mother, who is protestant, about myself. Well it was never discussed again after that until the other day we got into an argument and suffice to say that basically "You're...