What's the Harm of Religion?
Channel: Venaloid
Date: 13/07/2020

What's the harm of religion? Why should you care what anyone else believes? Even if all religions are false, what's the harm? It's a good question, so that's what we're going to explore. It seems to me that a person's religion is not merely a personal preference, like how you butter your toast, or how you choose to get to work. Beliefs inform our actions, and many of our actions have major consequences. 

That being said, not all beliefs are equally consequential, so any deep dive into specifics would need to be clear about which beliefs are being discussed. The purpose of this video is simply to explain, in a broad way, why I think religion is a topic worth debating, and why it should not be swept under the rug as merely a matter of personal taste. What's the harm of religion? Well, what's the harm of using a 15th century map to sail around the globe? 

I miss doing these shorter, to-the-point videos. It's like we're back in the old days where watchng YouTube videos wasn't a barrage of 30-minute lectures. 

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Related video by Holy Koolaid on various Christian responses to the coronavirus: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ8Zxu6ARrY

Related video by The Apostate Prophet: 
https://youtu.be/MrOWqWrLAwc

Music is "Pure Attitude", by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
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