Religion
In reply to the discussion: Am I being immoral by believing in a transcendent creator? [View all]Meshuga
(6,182 posts)As many here pointed out. And you are not a bad person for it. Your beliefs are your beliefs. That's who you are. And your actions as a good person that you strive to be will speak for themselves.
However, if the source of one's religion is the same as the ones that use religion for malevolent ends that is when things get a little complicated and I start seeing the "enabling" issue becoming relevant.
Believers usually subscribe to a deity (something bigger than they are) to reinforce their morals, values, beliefs, and world view. If I get my source of good values and beliefs from a book where bigots are able to support their world view based on interpretation then the question becomes: "why is my interpretation valid and their interpretation is not?" If I can interpret scripture as a wish then that allows then to do the same.