Quote from: Flying Hellfish on November 04, 2018, 01:16:09 PM

Quote from: af_newbie on November 04, 2018, 12:56:23 PM

Quote from: Swami74 on November 04, 2018, 09:51:41 AM

Being an atheist I definitely dont hate religion, it is wonderful the hope it gives so many. For me its just a bridge too far and science is something I have faith in. Hope everyone is well and respects everyone elses beliefs.

BTW, science does not need faith. Are you sure you understand science?

I don't hate God(s) the same way I don't hate Snow White, Zeus or Santa Claus.

I do however hate religion(s). With passion. Their indoctrination of children is appalling. Their cover-up of sexual abuses is abhorrent.
Their public demands are insulting my intelligence.

I heard Snow White can be a bit of a cunt so I kinda hate her hehe.

For me I would add things to the list like the extreme hypocrisy of religion, the blinders you have to wear to believe religion, and lastly the scariest thing for me is the control the dogma exerts and the desire to be mentally subjected.

As an example I think it's disingenuous to say religion is the cause of most wars, in reality it's usually way more complicated than saying religion caused war, economic, social and geopolitical conditions all make the cause of most wars very complicated and rarely rest on a single point.

The problem with religious dogma is that it makes it very easy for them to get riled up to the point of supporting a war for the wrong reasons.

Christopher Hitchens said it best (paraphrasing here because I'm to lazy to go find it LOL):
(Q) How do you make a good person do evil things?
(A) Teach him religion.

Man would be a far more moral being if we never invented religion... Animals aren't religious and we are just the apex animal no matter how much smarter we are than apes! Animals are social and as the apex animal it's clear that we thrive in social environments, perhaps t0o much so!

The point of 100% of the non-cult religions is to help people be better people. Even Islam with its ideas on jihad is there to make people into Muslims, and Muslims into better people. Notice that the idea isn't to make good people into better people. The idea is to make bad people into better people. There aren't really any good people.

Atheists don't like religion because it tries to make them better people.

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