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Re: Please don't insult religion

I know this is off-topic, but I want to respond to minimumphase. Religions cannot be described as "perfectly rational." They always invoke revelation and faith, which are completely antithetical to rationality. Rationality involves fallibility, trial and error, open-mindedness, the willingness to identify and correct errors and acknowledge limitations, a skeptical attitude toward those who claim to be in possession of the truth, etc. This is why science is so successful, and technology so generally reliable. It is only when people are unwilling to follow the dictates of rationality that they turn to religion.


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