Should we abandon religion?

[James_S_Saint]

@Arcturus Descending

James,

“No reach of authority should ever exceed its reach of awareness.”

That would necessarily depend on what “kind” of awareness. You left out the positives which would have to go with that. There are all kinds of awareness which are peculiar though not helpful and that do not shine like beacons.
That awareness which you mentioned just might be egotistical, narcissistic, pathological et cetera.

The more narrow the awareness, the more narrow the authority.

[Mictlantecuhtli]

Religion is a crutch and drug where forcibly trying to get people to give it up in enforcement will never work or materialize.I’m an atheist but not a militant one and people are going to continue on believing in what they want to as they’ve always done. Also, government is a different kind of religion and lots of luck of that ever going away anytime soon.

[Kriswest]

@James S Saint

@Kriswest

@James S Saint

Just a word, most social species follow taboos and social directives through breeding or experience taught to young. Social creatures manipulate their young.

The scope and degree of the manipulation is the problem.
“No reach of authority should ever exceed its reach of awareness.”

I agree but, the only species that can do that would have to be far removed from primal drives and instincts. We are not there yet … if ever