Is Religion Inherently Authoritarian?

Submitted by Galactic Free Press on Fri, 08/29/2014 - 11:05

Church Empty-pewsAdam Lee, AlterNet
Waking Times

Compared to secular reasoning, the religious establishment has been slow to act when it comes to moral progress.

Human history is a story of gradual moral enlightenment. Over the ages, we’ve become less violent, less xenophobic, more tolerant, more committed to the ideals of democracy and equality under the law. Of course, moral progress is painfully slow, with many holdouts and local reversals, and we have a very long way left to go. But it’s hard to deny that the world we live in today is less prejudiced and more peaceful than the world 500...

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