Let's Talk About Religion

[FaRmLaNd]

TheRealMafoo said:

FaRmLaNd said:
I'm an Atheist. I have absolutely nothing against religion aslong as its decentralised and kept private. My beefs with religion are very rarely with the actual texts but with the actual formalised groups that practice it.

 

I have no problems with groups. Most do very good work.

The only bad rap, is all the death that's attributed to religion (like the crusades). Holy wars have very little to do with religion. Religion is just the mechanism powerful people use to get someone to fight to the death.

All wars are for power, not god. God is just a tool to drive a man to die for something.

If god goes away, leaders will use something else to motivate people, like pride in your country, or protecting your way of life.

 

 

I completely agree, humanity would find other reasons to justify conflict. But that doesn't discount the fact that a large amount of pain and suffering has been done in (insert deities name). Another issue doesn't discount the negatives of religious wars.

The problem with religion in this context is that it is one of the best if not the best form of control, which makes it easier to start and justify a war and will keep people fighting irrationally and unquestionably for longer. That is one of the reasons why large centralised religion is dangerous.

I dispise nationalism for similar reasons.