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  • People often claim that science and religion can go hand in hand

    Who?

    Modern discourse treats faith like a moral good.

    Modern in comparison to what? What is the difference to contemporary (moral?) discourse? Also whose discourse?

    Religious conflicts have claimed millions of lives

    Yes, but that is a weak argument, when we are arguing for science, given that scientific discoveries have led to very significant harm as well.

    It’s the inevitable result of a system that claims moral authority without accountability.

    I like that phrasing.

    Morality does not come from religion.

    It was often the framework for morality though, because, as you said, it was or is the moral authority. Assuming no authority is total, moral progression thus was only possible through religion. I’d argue science needed/needs religion in religious societies, because science isn’t a (strong) moral framework or authority.

    [Morality] comes from human empathy.

    I disagree and assume it is possible through culture. The culture may be informed by empathy, but empathy without culture seems useless (that is not saying culture is rigid and the individual is not cultural and thus excused).






  • They need the heightened attention of internal conflict to mobilise against their perceived enemies. Given that the US Left seems figuratively disarmed, the fascists thus try to carry the conflict to their every doorstep by endless provocation. I don’t think the US Left can do anything to prevent being painted as the initiator of a coming conflict, so I guess they should try to set their own shareable goals apart from stealth, to survive.