Discovering Religion----> Why Organized Religion Is The Root of all Evil

[gangreen]

Not in brehs. This is wat keeps me up at night wondering.

So much death, destruction, and ignorance have been caused by these religions with a fictitious portrayal of God and what are his rules

Why are their portrayal "of what God is" in control of our affairs.


Religion provides justification for killing their fellow man, It starts wars, Most dangerously it denies evolution and groundbreaking research in all in the name of some written text claiming to be the word of God which could very well be the word of some mortal chief of a tribe looking for a moral code for his people at the time.

Therefore we should follow this archaic morality code 3000 years removed from its authorship.

Ignoring the fact that the original message of the text has been muddled over time and we cherry pick things we want to apply to today's time.

Also we could be worshiping people who most likely are fellow humans like ourselves but have been embellished by our imaginations.

I find it hard to believe whatever God is, would focus on one tiny planet in an unimaginably vast universe to govern the affairs of a life that was spawned by some form of crazy randomness.

We as humans have been the only living thing on our planet, in our solar system to be capable of thoughts about how things work but we have been inhibited by religion for too long even today.

At the end of the day, the known fact of human existence is that we all are born and we all die (Most of us spawn humans that will also be born and die). But what should we do with our very limited time on this planet, squabble about a written text of morality stories which are nothing more or begin answering serious and realistic questions.

What I Think is that

Religion was created to answer questions that humans at the time were incapable of answering since they lack scientific knowledge.

There are innumerable questions, If anything, the creation of human was by design to answer these questions. Sort of God's test, why else would God give us the capacity for complex thoughts.

If you are into reading
See the God Delusion and the Blind Watchmaker

If You are into Movies

See The Man from Earth

or God on Trial

If not any of that Watch some of the youtube video posted above, fascinating stuff. especially 1:25:00 until 2:00:00

Any thoughts???

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

I find it hard to believe whatever God is, would focus on one tiny planet in an unimaginably vast universe to govern the affairs of a life that was spawned by some form of crazy randomness.

Any thoughts???

ok what if each planet had a god that had had control over it like the wind

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

Religion was created to answer questions that humans at the time were incapable of answering since they lack scientific knowledge.

Any thoughts???

also what makes you so sure of this exactly?

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

So much death, destruction, and ignorance have been caused by these religions with a fictitious portrayal of God and what are his rules

And yet, less than 10% of all major conflicts in the world can be attributed to religion.

Yes, I can prove it.

The End.​

 

[the cac mamba]

also what makes you so sure of this exactly?

cmon breh its so obvious

ppl didnt know how the sun worked, why it rained, etc.

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

cmon breh its so obvious

ppl didnt know how the sun worked, why it rained, etc.

from what i remember ancient civilzations had calenders already and mapped the stars

 

[cryptosapien]

I wasn't raised to be religious so I find it very hard to believe. Sounds like a bunch of crap. But people will believe what they will believe. That's why there is racism, too.

People are stupid. Lots of people have good intentions, but that's not all it takes unfortunately.

 

[cryptosapien]

from what i remember ancient civilzations had calenders already and mapped the stars

They had math and could measure, yes. That's not the same as understanding how and why things like plagues and drought, or earthquakes happen. They just didn't have the technology. That had to evolve too. Everything evolves. Even religion.

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

They had math and could measure, yes. That's not the same as understanding how and why things like plagues and drought, or earthquakes happen. They just didn't have the technology. That had to evolve too. Everything evolves. Even religion.

even if any of this is true or not that doesnt mean all religion was for was to mask the short comings of that centuries scientific advancement



and how can religion evolve?

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

even if any of this is true or not that doesnt mean all religion was for was to mask the short comings of that centuries scientific advancement



and how can religion evolve?

the "morals" of religion have evolved. not long ago it was perfectly acceptable to be a slave owner and a christian. people from the south even justified slavery by citing bible passages. which of course is true, the bible condones slavery.

look at the evolution of the vatican over time...

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

@gangreen It's a good video, ive already watched the first hour. There was a lot of ether in it. like how long it takes to form diamonds and oil, how long it takes starlight to reach earth. Errors in the genesis story.

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

the "morals" of religion have evolved. not long ago it was perfectly acceptable to be a slave owner and a christian. people from the south even justified slavery by citing bible passages. which of course is true, the bible condones slavery.

look at the evolution of the vatican over time...

Your really taking passages out of context though saying that and if a religions morals are end all be all how can that evolve?

Sounds more like abandoning your faith than anything

How do you evolve past not lying or not raping someone? What is the next stage?

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

Your really taking passages out of context though saying that and if a religions morals are end all be all how can that evolve?

Sounds more like abandoning your faith than anything

How do you evolve past not lying or not raping someone? What is the next stage?

Well religions "morals" are obviously not the end all be all. society is, its society that changed slavery to be unacceptable not religion.

no where in the ten commandments does it say, thou shall not rape anybody. In fact the bible says you have to pay the father of the girl you rape 50 gold pieces. it also says you have to marry her.

Evolution means, "change over time". Are you trying to say religion hasnt changed over time?

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

the "morals" of religion have evolved. not long ago it was perfectly acceptable to be a slave owner and a christian. people from the south even justified slavery by citing bible passages. which of course is true, the bible condones slavery.

http://christianthinktank.com/qnoslave.html

Now, when we come to the NT situation, the situation gets much more complex, but we will STILL have the issue of "how slavery was NT slavery

Read these in full. Your argument is voided by History.​

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

Well religions "morals" are obviously not the end all be all. society is, its society that changed

Evolution means, "change over time". Are you trying to say religion hasnt changed over time?

so what is next in the stage of evolution then? when you say society has changed that is definantly what you mean or should have ment

i dont think i can name even one religion that has changed its laws completely but instead the group of people that subscribed to it have changed their views/religion but the actual religion itself is either abandon or its followers are no longer following