Religion Astrology and Me

[David Sklansky]

Just want to make it very clear that the problems I have with the beliefs of organized religions have nothing to do with any of their moral or philosophical tenets. It is inconsequential to me that Religions may instigate wars. It is inconsequential to me that religions are anti-abortion and not sexually open. I don't care about most of the points that Bertrand Russell tries to make in Why I am Not a Christian. None of these things lead me in the slightest to make me feel that a religion is incorrect. Even the idea that God would punish wonderful disbelievers and reward horrible believers has not even the slightest to do with why I am a disbeliever myself.

On the other side of the coin the possible philosophical implications of no personal god are irrelevant to me. I have no problem conceding every point along these lines that religious people make. It just doesn't matter.

So you see I am different than virtually any of the other posters on this forum who are debating on the anti-religion side. I don't believe in the likelihood of any of the organized religions having an accurate picture of what controls the universe for the same basic reason that I don't believe astrologers have an accurate picture. And that's it. Period.