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.
It's not crazy to the people that follow those religions. Just because you don't believe in something doesn't mean it's crazy.
a religion that believes in taking snakes, making a women from some dirt and a rib, and a man who lived in a giant fish for 3 days isn't crazy?.... yea you're right about one thing a religion isn't crazy because you don't believe in it, it's crazy because it sounds like the stories were made by children... or someone who was really high lol. AND NO I DON'T THINK THE MEN WHO WROTE THE BILE WERE HIGH IF SOMEONE IS ABOUT TO QUOTE WHAT I JUST SAID AND SAY THAT!
I agree with you dp6669. I mean seriously, can he just zap some dinosaurs on Earth and have them make babies. No. I think that an organism came out of the water by something.
I will say that the Bible has never been proven wrong, that is just something to think about.
That's where you're wrong Bronze. People on the side of religion seem to think that atheists and science have the responsibility in disproving their wild claims about the nature of our universe.
It is in fact, the responsibility of the believer to prove that these things are real, and true. The burden of proof lies with religion to prove that there really is a god, that Jesus was resurrected after his death, that there was a great flood, that Moses parted the Red sea, and so on.
I don't have to prove the bible is wrong any more then I have to prove that the story in "Harry Potter" never really happened.
a religion that believes in taking snakes, making a women from some dirt and a rib, and a man who lived in a giant fish for 3 days isn't crazy?
The Christian religion is hard not to criticize at some points. But the people who believe in it aren't crazy, they just need some higher power to give them hope in life.
