Quote from: af_newbie on December 02, 2019, 07:17:37 PM

Quote from: IadixDev on December 02, 2019, 03:46:21 PM

Quote from: af_newbie on December 02, 2019, 02:55:58 PM

Religion is a two-edged sword. On one hand, it can stop people from committing heinous crimes and on the other, it facilitates, makes it easy to justify other heinous crimes.

Religion advocate forgiving and redemption no ?

Quote from: af_newbie on December 02, 2019, 02:55:58 PM

Corruption and structural abuse in all of the major religions is just one aspect that I could not bear.

Religion is not about sticking to corrupt structures. All religions warn about the wolf in sheep clothe and corrupt structures.

Quote from: af_newbie on December 02, 2019, 02:55:58 PM

Supernatural claims, scientific nonsense, outright contradictions, rejection of any progressive thought, the subjective, cultural context in the "holy" scriptures is something I could not accept as divine.

Science cannot explain everything either, but religion is not really about being dogmatic or against progress, on the contrary most religion have their own eschatology and hope for better future.

Quote from: af_newbie on December 02, 2019, 02:55:58 PM

The universe was started most likely out of nothing via quantum fluctuations, the initial inflation was a result of non-symmetry in the matter-antimatter formation and destruction, and we are the result of it.

This doesnt explain much either.

Quote from: af_newbie on December 02, 2019, 02:55:58 PM

Scientific ignorance of religious people is appalling. Their schizophrenic, hypocritic rejection of science and acceptance of technology is
all the proof you need to know that people running this con job are ruthless, evil psychopaths who will do anything and say anything to separate fools from their money.

Lot of great scientist if not all were religious.

Quote from: af_newbie on December 02, 2019, 02:55:58 PM

Any company that would offer a non-existing product, charge you in advance and would promise that the product works after you die would end up in court for fraud.

Its not a company, you know what jesus said about marchants in the temples etc.

Quote from: af_newbie on December 02, 2019, 02:55:58 PM

The main function of religion is to instill fear, establish control and provide answers to ignorant people and stray them from killing each other.

Fear is a powerfull tool to influence people, but religion is not about fear normally its more about faith and hope.

Apparently it is not only about faith and hope. LOL.

https://metro.co.uk/video/this-bishop-thinks-make-penises-bigger-1370991/?ito=vjs-link

Meanwhile, scientists might have discovered a fifth, yet unknown force:
https://www.businessinsider.com/physicists-discovered-new-fifth-force-of-nature-dark-matter-problem-2019-11

Independent, experimental evidence is needed to confirm this discovery.

What has religion accomplished in the last 100 years? Diddly-squat.

You're not considering the things that God wants most... more people so that more can be saved. Anybody who enhances sexuality so that there are more kids, is doing part of what God wants. Of course, God would rather that it were done in a kosher way. But results are results.

The greatest thing that religion has accomplished in the last hundred years is a great number of people. And among them are those who are saved so that Heaven is growing. If Hell is growing, too, too bad. The Hell-goers chose it for themselves, and God is good at this kind of freedom of choice for people.

So, the religion accomplishments over the last 100 years are great.

Cool