Posted: Nov 29, 2010 7:07 pm
jez9999 wrote:Surely the logical and inescapable conclusion is not that they should do that, but that they should drop the pretense of belief in this stuff altogether.
Nah, you can't do that, because the whole thing relies on belief in belief, which requires the continued facade. They need to continually tell everyone that faith in itself is a positive thing, or they'll lose anything they have to offer in the eyes of society, and therefore all political influence and money-making potential, which is what it's really all about.