Originally Posted by
Spitt
Religion is the organization of faith and beliefs. Religion is controlled by religious leaders, sometimes referred to as "The Church" for Catholics, and there are various other names for other Religions.
Sadly, most wars in the past 3000 years, were due to religious reasons. Some people like to point out that the Koran (Muslims) has some dark twisted shit in it, such as "Kill the Infidels (non-believers)" and yet, the Bible has the same twisted shit in it, including mentioning burning non-believers (aka Infidels) alive (book of Mathew). Religion is actually a belief plague passed on from parents to children. The Bible has over 100 commandments, but people choose to pick and choose which parts of the bible they follow. For example, not wearing wool and cotton (archaic, I know), is one of the commandments, but people choose not to follow this one.
My sister-in-law is a "devout" Catholic... She goes to church every Sunday, repents her sins. She is also an uncaring bitch. I have found overall that those who claim to be devout, aren't actually, and use their religion as a way to justify their treatment of others - usually poor. I wonder how many people who claim to be religious, have actually read their book of faith, and not just read the cliff notes, or let their preacher interpret it for them.
I do however have great respect for the current Pope, who is more open, and has stated that even though I am a non-believer, it doesn't mean I will end up in Hell. I don't really worry about this, as an Atheist I die. Where do I end up? Fuck if I know, no one has been truly dead and come back - no one can claim otherwise - not even the Christian's Jesus. Historical documents show that Jesus ate shrooms to be closer to "God". Does he believe in this shit people portray in the bible... did his followers? Or can we admit that psychedelic shrooms could make people believe miracles were happening?
FYI Hitler, was about controlling the people, and making the Jews out to be evil, and promoting the master race as blond hair, blue eyed - starting with Germans. Hitler was in fact Austrian (dark hair, brown eyes), and Blue Eyes are a genetic rarity, as its a recessive gene. Interestingly, Trump is portraying Muslims as evil, and generating a lot of hate - blaming them, much like Hitler did the Jews, for the evils in the country. It always starts out small, such as watching over the people "for security reasons", and then finding someone to blame. This is the start of a Fascist state.
Overall, I believe religion to be evil in its roots. Faith and Belief is ok, as long as one does not use this faith or belief to condemn those who do not believe nor to begin violence with it. You want to believe in a god? Feel free. But don't push it on others - and for the love of your brethren, don't organize it into Religion.