(November 5, 2015 at 11:05 pm)Rebel Wrote: What is it with human's obstinate reliance on religion, in one form or another, be it tossing virgins into volcanoes in far more primitive days, or symbolically drinking the blood of some cosmic zombie in the hopes of everlasting life?
I would like to think that as we continue to become enlightened to more practical information and reasoning, we would become less sensitized to religious indoctrination. Yet it seems that religion has begun to strengthen it's stranglehold on mankind, causing the incitement of radicalism and the banging of war drums.
Since my conversion from christianity to atheism, I've considered religion the most nefarious practical joke mankind has ever perpetrated upon itself. Even more so than the GotP. And I wonder, why, exactly?
I believe there are various reasons, from mere survival to the desire of immortality. Or perhaps to wield fear-based power over the masses.
But, all the reasons seem archaic by modern standards. So, why does religion endure beyond cultural indoctrination?
Fear. Fear will keep religion alive forever. As an Atheist I like to fantasize about a world with no religion, but that's all it is, a fantasy. So long as humans are too immature to accept and face their own mortality, and accept responsibility for their own actions, religion will be right there with a tailor made crutch.
I personally find this depressing, but however unpleasant it may be, I must myself face reality.
I reject your reality and substitute my own!
