Now you're probably opening this thinking "oh great another rant on religion", well you're right. But please keep reading on because what I have to say is important and applies to all beliefs, even if you don't have one.
Many religions now believe the world is going to end, soon. Basically they believe this because of "signs" and their precious magic books. Well the scary thing is the world could end soon, and religion could actually be its cause. The fact is, for the world to live on religion must die. Faith is nothing to brag about it, and people who accept faith, or preach it are just intellectual slaveholders. Religion has caused so much craziness and destruction and I think 9/11 is a great example, however I won't get into it much because of everything else I have to say.
Now, why is religion so powerful? Because it allows people who DON'T have the answer to what happens when we die to think they do. If you're a christian or any other religion you may think it's great to say "PLEASE GOD I'M WILLING! I'LL DO ANYTHING YOU ASK OF ME!" Well guess what, there are no gods talking to us so that void is filled in by corrupt and often hostile people.
This is why anti-religious rationalists must come out of the freakin closet and let themselves be heard. And for those of you who only consider yourselves "a little religious", is the safe feeling of believing in a religion worth the pain and destruction it causes? If you belonged to a social group that wasn't a religion that involved so much bigotry, homophobia, violence, and ignorance as religions you would quit the club and protest against it. And if the end of the world comes because of nuclear arms led by religious nut jobs... just remember what the true problem was. We found a way to end lives on a mass scale before we stopped wishing for it.
Not all Christians are crazy same with Muslims, I think that is the hardest think for an atheist to accept.
who were you directing that towards? I'm pretty sure I already said I know not all of them are crazy =/ but I'll say it again to make sure everyone knows. It's mainly the leaders of the religion that are blind and crazy due to their faith which is one of the main reasons religion is dangerous.
Not all Christians are crazy same with Muslims, I think that is the hardest think for an atheist to accept.
I think the hardest thing for a religious person to accept is that atheists still view those who are not fundamentalist crazies as 'loopy'. I don't think you're *as* crazy, but I don't think you're.. 'all there' either.
HiddenDistance, people who believe in religion aren't all crazy, but yes all religion are crazy. Yes there are crazies but let's not sterotype them all that way shall we?
believe me though I started the thread so I'm on bored with rationalism and atheism lol
if god made the world in those seven days how come we found dinosaur bones? and fossils ?
I asked my friend that once. He said that the seven days could have actually been millions of years. Or, from the perspective of god, it seemed like seven days? Who knows. I hate it how religion sometimes just seems full of crap :P
They're crazy for teaching a good message about loving and caring for other humans?
Is that the only defense religious people have when i say religion is either evil or crazy? No they're not crazy for that, they're crazy for starting wars with people who don't believe the same thing as them and being intolerant to gays and other minorities.... in some religions women.
