The Athiest Thread

Atheist, Agnostic, Theist

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What's the purpose of religion? Kind of like the law, except with a promise of being rewarded for not being a dick(and the validity of that promise isn't an issue in this case). Yeah, there are stupid laws, crooked cops, and sometimes ridiculously stupid people become influential in the law, but that doesn't mean law itself is bad or without merit.

How did it start? Wouldn't it make sense that these beliefs and all would come about in very similar manner to law? And what better way to enforce law is there than an invisible, omnipotent, omniscient man that will give you suffering beyond comprehension for being a dick and really really awesome rewards for not being a dick?


We don't all have to agree, but wouldn't it be better if we didn't say the opposing side of the argument is without merit when there's clearly good on both sides of the coin? I don't think it's any better to label all religious people as closed minded hatemongers than it is to say all who aren't believers of Generic Religion #34587436 are evil incarnate and just want to rape toddlers before taking a dump on your car.



...But then this is just me being dumb like usual.
 
Religion was once more powerful than law.

In England some kings believed in the Divine Right of Kings. Which means they were put their as king by God.
 
there are surely more than what we can see, it's in you if you do believe in or not.
Jesus? he may exist, just as Zeus may exist as well, so I respect them as entities, I don't feel the need to do any kind of blasphemy.
religion? no, it's just a lie, a lie to take control over us.
what would I pick then?
 
Religion is just an old way of governing man. Women used to have more power when religion saw them as being close to God because, unlike men, they "created" life. Then, men decided they didn't like not being in power and came up with the more modern religions to over throw the hierarchy of Priestesses who ruled Babylon and Greece.

I think it's interesting that the Nuns from the Catholic church used to be prostitutes the Priests would frequent. They would set up shop near Church's. Location , location, location! Of course, it didn't look good so they became incorporated into the Church's structure. All interesting stuff. But no religion can stop humanity from being a clusterfuck in my opinion. People are either cool or dicks and religions don't seem to have any bearing on the situation.
 
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