That's fascinating, but I still find your emphasis on compassion simplistic. We know from Freud that all true achievement derives from selfishness. Who cares if Michelangelo was nice to his next-door neighbors?
Religions are not dealing with geniuses. They are dealing with ordinary people.
The neighbors would care.
You might like this discussion with Armstrong about Fundamentalism. One of the points is that the solution to bad religion is better religion, not less religion.
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The neighbors would care.
You might like this discussion with Armstrong about Fundamentalism. One of the points is that the solution to bad religion is better religion, not less religion.
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We *know*? If that's the level of argument in the article, I'm not inclined to read it.
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It's possible that Armstrong gave a flip answer because the interviewer said something which was so stupid.