Mr.Flibble, on Nov 16 2009, 02:43 AM, said:
Yes. Because religions act like they are the only true ones. They pretty much dictate how people should live. Of course, I find this unacceptable when there are gazzilion religions out there.
Not worshiping god? Go to hell, then. Well, that is fucking great when I don't know how exactly worship some higher being. And do I need to? Does even want it? And stupid people are forming sects and other "heretic" religions cause they don't agree with a pope, higher bishop or whatever. Thus, we have all sorts of churches.
About science. I don't really give a rat's ass about what light truly is. It doesn't affect my life. Let science people sort it out with experiments and stuff. At least science pretty much depends on practice and no one would be making some device for people to buy just because in theory in should work. I find religion severely lacking in that thus they have dogmas and faith that can't be proven or unproven because they are starting points of the religion.
No, I don't understand science. And I don't want it to be like I'm pitting science against religion. I don't want this conversation to go that way.
It's just that... I clearly see why religion is "good". It is good for some education, it is good for morale ground, it is good for (self-)support. But I can do those things with my own head without zealously following one religion.
Also, people always ruin everything. Let's say there was only one religion at the beginning of times. But people ruined it with their intepretations. And it is no more. Bible/Koran/Dianetics were written by people. And it just takes one super-duper empire to spread this religion as the only true one and here we go. And we all know that empires really care about people and their ressurection in heaven(or whatever).
Why the hell being(s) itself couldn't write some sort of manual to its world and inhabitans? Maybe because there was no point? I can't see animals having a religion. Are we just arrogant to think we're different in the face of creator?
This is going nowhere. But I wanted to say some thoughts.