I was just about to go to sleep so I was taking my nightly dump where I do a lot of reflecting.
I started a thread a couple days ago called about atheism and it started a debate. I myself am a die hard atheist but I was just wondering is religion even all that bad?
I mean maybe some people just need that cushion, maybe they cant accept their fates? I would like to hear from you why religion is so bad. Is it halting progression? Is it dumbing us down, what do you have to say?
"We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another." -Jonathan Swift
"We use religion like a trolley car --we ride on it only when it's going our way." -Austin O'Malley
"If the people were a little more ignorant, Astrology would flourish --if a little more enlightened, religion would perish." -Robert Green Ingersoll
"Religion must be a punishment, because nobody gets religion who does not have a bad concience." -August Strindberg
"There are only two things in which the false professers of all religons have agreed; to persecute all other sects, and plunder their own." -Charles Caleb Colton
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." -Han Solo
Religion is a moral belief. Notice how if someone asks you about a religion, they ask "Do you believe in God/Jesus?" to start normally. Believe means it can be true, but it's not proven, so they can believe, but you don't have to. I choose not to have a religion (not atheist) just cause theres no proof of it. Morally, it's nothing bad or good. It can go either way. It's just a way people can open up to the world and have faith.
