Religion is killing the world.

[Ragrum]

Religion is killing the world.
Well, certainly religious intolerance is killing the world.
Every Holy book needs a NEW verse or another commandment: Thou shall not denigrate another’s religion.

Do so and You are commanded to a life in Hell!

[msongs]

1. My god is red hot, your god ain't dood-ly squat :-) nt

[The_Commonist]

2. I denigrate all religions.

Sorry.
But they are all equally as silly.

[WVRICK13]

3. My Sentiments Exactly

If I were going to have a religion it would be one that is at least fun, like the wine god or some such thing.

[stray cat]

5. So it is ok to denigrate others religions - one vote in favor - probably many more!

[cleanhippie]

18. When its rooted in mythology and wilfull ignorance, yes.

When religion requires one to suspend rational thought, ignore evidence and promotes ignorance, yes, it is perfectly acceptable to denigrate it.

[stray cat]

4. Isn't your subject heading doing exactly that?

[ensho]

6. true

nt

[Warpy]

7. If you removed religion from the world and erased everyone's memory of it

bigots would just find other things to be intolerant about.

Put the focus where it belongs, on the bigots and not on whatever excuse they're using this month. They're bigots and bigots are the problem.

[rrneck]

8. There y'go. +1

[AlecBGreen]

9. yup yup

[frogmarch]

11. Yep, just like

the star-belly sneetches in the Dr. Seuss story.

http://tribes.tribe.net/star-belliedsneetches/thread/a1b7d512-9130-4680-8630-9cd9044728cc

[Ragrum]

12. Nod that, called it correct, bigots all

Very nice, in this sense: hypocrite becomes bigot after Moderate Christians ask the Muslims to denounce the extreme and fundamentalist of the Muslim faith but when confronted to do the same, they are left stuttering... A bigot.

[ladjf]

10. Religion is the most dangerous human activity. nt

[DeSwiss]

13. K&R

I can understand how people of ancient times believed in the "truth" of religion. There were precious few alternative arguments other than someone else's god(s) to explain nature and the world around them in those times. But today, after so many aspects of biblical lore and other religious beliefs have been proven to be concoctions, lies and/or fanciful ignorance, believers still cling to their religion in the gaps between belief and logic fearing that they'll sink into oblivion if they let go completely.

Knowledge is the "life" raft that will save the believer from sinking into the abyss that religion has painted in their mind since they were a child. With knowledge they can sail to any unknown land and discover new things. And they can even learn the truth about old things.

However, with religion you must wear blinders that limit your vision and understanding. And a chain with which to bind you to one place, one idea, one belief. And religion demands that you accept your bondage to it as the price for your salvation. While offering no proof whatsoever that this is true.

If you were to go your doctor one day and s/he told you that fairies were found in your blood sample and that they needed to be removed through "bleeding" -- you would leave that office as quickly as possible and report them to the authorities. But if a minister of god tells you that demons are the cause of your troubles in life, the believer answers "amen, please pray for me preacher."

- With such schizophrenic ideas and beliefs, is there any wonder we live in a world of confusion, hatred and fear?

"....once we can look at religion objectively and impartially, it becomes entirely obvious that religion has all the characteristics of a form of insanity. To one degree or another the religious mind must accept, and believe in, another world; a supernatural or unnatural world, a world filled with all sorts of imaginary beings called gods, devils, angels, saints, demons, etc. These imaginary creatures are talked to, asked for favors, guidance, “signs,” or miracles, and then blamed or thanked for natural events that follow. Except for the cloak of religion, such beliefs and actions would otherwise cause an individual to be judged insane, and committed to an institution for treatment." ~ Emmet F. Fields

[DirkGently]

14. The kind of religion shouted in the streets has always been evil. Always will be.

[cleanhippie]

15. .

[Old Troop]

16. Well, it's certainly taking it's time isn't it.

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[salvorhardin]

19. No, religion isn't killing the world

Nothing is killing the world. The world will be just fine, with or without humans.

Religion isn't even bringing about the downfall of this country. Willfully ignorant, greedy people are exploiting religion and the very poverty they helped create, thus helping to bring about the downfall of the U.S.

And if I was god, and could get any statement I wanted added to every holy book in the world, it would be this: "Question everything, including what you read in this book."

[backscatter712]

20. Speaking of commandments.

I like how George Carlin simplified the Ten Commandments into two commandments:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzEs2nj7iZM

1. Thou shalt always be honest and faithful to the provider of thy nookie.

2. Thou shalt try real hard not to kill anyone, unless of course they pray to a different invisible man than you.

George then added a third:

3. Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself.

[sakabatou]

21. +1