Is Religion an insult to human dignity!
A famous saying by the Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg has long been a favourite of mine:
“Religion is
an insult to human dignity. Without it, you would have good people doing good
things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil
things, that takes religion.”
Such aphorisms are compelling. They are easy to recite and create an illusion of being profoundly thought-provoking. However, upon closer examination, they often reveal a simplification of reality. We tend to craft our rules and maxims for extremes—the upper class or the lower class, the saint or the sinner—while ignoring the vast, complex middle ground where most of humanity resides.
