(December 20, 2015 at 10:19 am)Amine Wrote: I really wish there were more posts like this. I empathize because I got burned too. Not by Joel, but by people essentially doing the exact same lying. Fucking liars. After I woke up from that trance, it became my mission in life to help destroy religion however I could. And that's what I have done every single day for the last 2.5 years now, I've gone around explaining to as many people I can why they shouldn't believe in God. I don't care what religion they are, or if they have no organized religion and just believe in God or Karma or whatever. It is all bullshit lies that ruins people's lives either fast or slow and it is my enemy. The only difference between Osteen and the rest of them is that he gets to the point quicker. He comes right out and says it. He may be an intentional manipulator, I don't know. Others may not be, but I see little or no difference. Lies are lies whether or not you know you're telling them.
Well yea, the word "religion" itself is problematic as a human invented idea. It really is a comic book reflection of our evolutionary grouping to survive. It is the artificial excuse humans make to justify getting at power and resources. It makes superstitious answers as to why good and bad happen. But still, on a planet of 7 billion I think at best we can only work to make the world more civil trough secular ideas. Humans evolved with flawed perceptions and you are not going to magically force that reality out of existence.