We’re in the 21st century, and the vast majority of us still believe in an utterly and obviously fictional creator deity. Plenty of people, even in developed countries with decent educational systems, still believe in ghosts or magic (e.g. voodoo). And I–an atheist and a skeptic–am told I need to respect these patently false beliefs as cultural traditions.
Fuck that. They’re bad cultural traditions, undeserving of respect. Child-proofing society for these intellectually stunted people doesn’t help them; it is in fact a disservice to them to pretend it’s okay to go through life believing these things. We should demand that people contend with reality on a factual basis by the time they reach adulthood (even earlier, if I’m being completely honest). We shouldn’t be coddling people who profess beliefs that are demonstrably false, simply because their feelings might get hurt.
People are ignorant by default.
You have to educate them along and let them choose their own path. Sometimes they wonder off the path of ideal development. It’s basic statistics.
You can stand at an open door and beg them to walk through it but you can’t shove them.
Meritocracy is dangerous. You cannot punish people for stunted development, it does no good. You can really only reward them for developing and contributing to the well being of society.
This is psychology 101 level stuff. If you want a society based on science, then use the we science have.
Does your stand meam that you work through and refuse to take off any and all religious holidays? Never had a Christmas break?
You meant to reply to me?
There is a big difference between a person or group of people being religious nutjobs and a nation basing holidays received and (in most developed nations, neutered) traditions