Religious Myths
Title | Author | Body |
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Religious moderation is superior to fundamentalism | Sam Harris | It actually provides no defense against the abuses of fundamentalism, so religious moderation could be said to covertly enable and support fundamentalism. |
The world was created in approximately 4000 BCE. | Bishop Usher | This is extrapolated from a literal reading of the Bible, based on assumptions about date and ages of patriarchs and all those "begats". Bishop Usher was the first to come up with a comprehensive scheme, but this concept is an assumption for most fundamentalist Christians. |