20th January 2018, 6:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 20th January 2018, 6:54 PM by TropicalYeti. Edited 1 time in total.)
(20th January 2018, 5:15 PM)James Temple Wrote: Religion was designed to enrapture the minds of the weak, to make them feel safe. Some religions are more oppressive than others just to make its members feel safe, but interestingly enough, we still have extremist groups terrorizing every continent.
"Benevolent" religious like Christians are all the same. They don't preach for the sake of altruism. True altruism does not exist. They preach so they can go to heaven, because they think God can see their every action. If the afterlife didn't exist, neither would Christianity.
You can claim that God has your back, and will take you whenever he desires, but you and I both know that when it comes to crossing the street, you look both ways.
Religions generally suck but that's a result of humanity not god (if there is one). It is possible (Extremely likely) that whatever "god" is, it is entirely different than what you or I think it is. There really isn't much of an argument to be made for dismissing the possibility of God based on the actions of humans.
