I'd say the latter part of the statement certainly applies almost exclusively to religion, but the first part could apply just as well to
any dogmatic belief system, especially political.
The ridiculous myth that morality can only come from
a dogmatic belief system has been refuted numerous times throughout history.
You boiled yourself into softness to free me from a ridiculous and
dogmatic belief system.
Not exact matches
Compare that to the
dogmatic stance of religion — a phony
belief system that starts and end with unproven manmade tribal myths, not open to true debate, and that only changes in order to maintain power over the gullible.
I think Bobby Henderson said it best in the Gospel of the FSM, p. 100, «Born Agains are the most
dogmatic of all, because it is the dogma itself that forms their
belief system.
My rejection of religion is a thorough one, borne of my own disinterest in organized
belief systems, my distrust of
dogmatic thinking and those who prefer it, and my own unwillingness to put faith in ancient tribal myths.
Dogmatic belief, that is, a
system of ideas that demand to not be challenged — how can you not see the harm in that?
Born Agains (christians) are the most
dogmatic of all, because it is the dogma itself that forms their
belief system.
If their view is that CO2 = CAGW is «
dogmatic garbage», I'll listen to them over a True Believer who has no convincing scientific evidence supporting his
belief system.
About the only people who still claim to believe in anthropogenic global warming seem to be those who have turned it into a their new
belief system, the easily bullshitted ignorant, or those who stand to make big money on it via carbon trading schemes or getting grant money to study improved ways to BS the ignorant and those who are
dogmatic about global warming.