I posted a thread in the Politics, Philosophy, and Religion section. The video in question can be found here. I was informed through a private message from a moderator about it, stating
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I deleted the video in the thread about religion and dellusion. The direct language calling every person holding faith dellusional, and saying that no rational person could believe any of it, is offensive to, well, most of our population.
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This video speaks directly to the listener and tells them, if they are a believer in any one of 3 religions, that they are idiots. And not only idiots, but doing horrible things to our planet. It isn't a discussion of the validity of religion, it is absolutely certain of its viewpoint, and intends to smear as dellusional anyone who differs. That violates WP rules.
DW
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In order to keep this simple, I'll quote my response:
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First of all, thank you for informing me about this. I really have to object, though. The video shows that religious people dismiss the theology of others, saying that it is improbable, impossible because of X, Y, and Z, while not judging their own beliefs by these same standards. The whole point of the video is applying basic psychology to explain the divisions between religious groups. Delusional is a strong word, but it is explained in detail in the video: "a fixed false belief that is resistant to reason or confrontation with actual fact". And as it also says, to the person inside the bubble it is completely rational. Editorializing a bit here, but we know that religious people do not accept the beliefs of each other: To a Muslim it's absurd that Jesus was the last prophet. To a Muslim, the idea of another prophet after Jesus is blasphemy. As I said, it's psychology 1o1. To nutshell it, it's about when you're inside looking out, the outside seems crazy and twisted. But the outside thinks the same about you, because they too subside in their own dogma. Moreover, the three religions showcased were examples, it applies to any religion and any fixed set of believes that the person is not willing to confront with logic or criticism.
I really hope you will reconsider your decision. The video singles out examples but only for the purpose of showing how we are similar in condemning the irrationality of others but see that irrationality when inherent in ourselves, to be completely rational.
I feel that the link was removed unfairly based on a misinterpretation of what the message of the video was. Any help appreciated.
22 Sep 2009, 9:53 pm
