Lovesong's seven deadly sins of religion.

[Nous]

The FDA and other countries' regulatory agencies have often demonstrated the inability to determine what drugs cause more harm than benefit.

That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about behaviors, choices, how we treat others, the environment, ourselves nd our bodies, etc. I suspect your post is way off the beaten path simply to be argumentative.

Why is it that so many people haven't figured out that it's horribly harmful to the environment to raise, use and slaughter animals for human consumption? Why have so few people understood that it's harmful to their health for humans to eat the standard American diet? What have so few people understood that it's harmful to their health to consume daily doses of ineffective and debilitating but FDA-approved drugs?

 

[syo]

a religion is harmful when it spreads misery.

 

[NewGuyOnTheBlock]

Why is it that so many people haven't figured out that it's horribly harmful to ......

That pretty much cinches it. Yes, you are being argumentative.

People do harmful things even when they know they are harmful. My statements regarding my proposed alterations to the list were not mentioned in order to get into a debate about the morality of corny dogs or farming.

I'm not going to hijack this thread into a heated debate about vegetarianism and eating healthy.