adamNJ Posted December 9, 2015 Posted December 9, 2015 I say that sentence to remember all the work that lies ahead, to reach the goal of the reasonable and voluntary society of Ancapistan. Atheism is a prerequisite in order to have a reasonable society. Yet most atheists are statists who don't recognize the power of voluntarism. I can see the US currently is becoming less religious but that alone is no reason to celebrate. Because Atheism is necessary but not sufficient.
dsayers Posted December 9, 2015 Posted December 9, 2015 This is because religiosity is a symptom, not the problem. When children are subjugated (the problem), they are taught to seek validation externally, usually in a top-down arrangement. Should such a person go on to reject religion, they turn to the other external form of top-down validation: the State. The other direction is true also: If such a person goes on to understand the State is immoral, they seek out religion or other spiritual/mystical sources of being subjugated. Stef recently had a talk with somebody where he references pretty girls not having the reality explained to them that the attention and perceived value they possess is in part due to their looks, which will fade. Similarly, if children are not treated like people as their intellectual development will allow for, and do not have peaceful, win-win negotiation and rational thought modeled for them, see previous paragraph.
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