(August 21, 2016 at 4:13 pm)ScienceAf Wrote:(August 21, 2016 at 4:00 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Religion is a tool. Many people are in powerful positions mainly because of religious practices. Powerful people love the status quo, and they're not going to give up that power without a fight. So they keep preaching hellfire, and killing apostates, and such.
From what I've heard, religion at large is on its way out in more modern countries, so in a way it isn't such a big deal anymore.
But why do everyday people care?
Because everyone around them wants them to. Including parents and other people in authority. A lot of this is just about kids being raised in the stuff to the point where they believe it's normal.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
