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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
Sigh. Let me explain this for you again.
You state that religion breeds mediocrity and limits ambition.
I list a number of people who are Christian throughout history that have created and discovered either because they were inspired by their religion, or did it in the name of their religion in some capacity. I use Christian examples because, while you say you give examples of why religion is a destructive influence on life, you do nothing but give Christian examples in turn.
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I did not use the words breed or doomed as you suggest. Try reading a bit closer before you jump to conclusions. My actual wording was
"I think several things about the Bible encourage mediocrity and hamper ambition"
And even if I accepted all your examples as solid ones, that there are examples of greatness throughout Christian history does nothing to dispute my claim that the Bible encourages mediocrity. Exceptions do not disprove generalizations.
You seem to think I was saying the Bible causes mediocrity. Not at all what I was saying.
Even if it was what I was saying you sure picked some questionable examples IMO and you don't appear to be considering how their times had an effect on what kind of work they could be employed for as artists or how growing up in an almost wholly Christian nation encourages one to keep that view.