Quote from: Moloch on June 22, 2017, 08:38:54 PM

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Quote from: Moloch on June 22, 2017, 07:50:41 PM

Quote from: Astargath on June 21, 2017, 11:40:47 AM

God is a fairy tail, it's not real. Weak minded people believe in him because they are weak and scared of death and can't accept that death is the end, there is nothing else.

That belongs on a poster or something... well said

Religion was invented for a few obvious reasons:
1) People wanted to know what happens after death, and believe there was something more
2) People wanted to make sense of the world; where we came from, etc
3) People needed a set of rules to keep themselves out of trouble

Some of it made sense at the time, like don't eat pork... they didn't understand the reason why people were getting sick after eating pork was because of Trichinella Spiralis... or that cooking the pork to a proper temperature would kill the parasite... so they wrote "don't eat pork because god said so" to keep their followers from getting sick

A lot of the old testament rules are based on a lack of science... though some of them make no sense at all, like not being allowed to wear clothing made from 2 different fabrics... why? Whose dumb idea was that one?

Excellent written ....
So far, it has been proven that all religions have been made only by the thought of how they have more followers, and none of them do not bother to become a better human in general.

Well sure... religion is a job... you have to get paid... originally it was the "sacrifices" people brought to god as "burnt offerings" (cooked meat)... which were eaten by the priests... then they started charging 10% because well... you get more money that way

Once that happened it became all about the money... more followers paying 10% = I'm rich beyotch!

Why do you think Jesus made such a fuss when he stormed into the temple and saw how much money they were taking from poor people?

Religion has been scamming people for thousands of years... even Jesus had a problem with that bullshit

Nobody forces anybody to give money to Kenneth Copeland or Joel Osteen or most of the religious leaders. People give because these guys gave them value first. Where do these guys get the value to pass on to people? From God, both through the Bible and directly.

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