OdinHades said:
No, most religions just teach fear. People living by those standards, like they are common in islam or christianity, avoid doing bad things because they are afraid of going to hell or not getting to paradise or just displeasing their god or something. I remember how I was scared shitless when my grandma told my 5-year old me what things happen to me if I am not a perfect person in the eyes of god. Thankfully I later found out that it's all bollocks. Something like that hasn't anything to do with morals. Morals have developed by evolution. A species that hasn't morals to a certain degree and just kills each other would not be able to survive very long so natural selection would take care of those. Of course there are some things you are not getting born with. But you do not need a god to explain to me that I shouldn't steal or something. Seriously that makes perfect sense to me without any god whatsoever. |
The problem with people like you, is that you base religion or the concept of God based on what others say or do to you.have you ever read the bible or parts of it and thought for yourself what to interpret or what it means? You do realise you don't have to accept everything that was written, since there is so many books compressed into one. And i love how people have built up this idea of what God is due to what they percieve is in the bible. Sadly a alot of people are mislead into religion. They are shown fear, the wrath of hell if they sin etc etc. But the smart person can think for themselves and not let others dictate what their faith and interpretation should be. Like i said earlier there are around 1.3 billion catholics, just cathiolics, out of christians. So if the bible or the main message ( the gospel) were bad, i think this whole world would be at war or we'd be dead. Alot of people like you and the posts before you turn to religion when they see what it really is about, not what they perceive. And as a christian, i will also stick up for muslims and jews. All that terrorism crap isnt about religion, is all cause of political bullshit, fighting over land, oil, past conflicts. Look at china and the millions of muslims, not one word of crime and terror. So if you think the world would be better of think again. Long before these religions, tribes were fighting and conquering lands.
