(May 30, 2011 at 9:47 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(May 30, 2011 at 9:42 pm)BloodyHeretic Wrote: Woman: Well ... yeah. He believes that if you're good to people you go to Heaven - and I think that's just not right.
This I think encapsulates the problem with religion, it's never enough to just be a good person.
Most of them manage to avoid being good people. Religion sees to that.
Yes I agree. Religion manages to strip people of morals they might otherwise possess. But they can fuck off if they think they can do it to me.
"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."
Einstein
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy. They told me I didn't understand the assignment. I told them they didn't understand life.
- John Lennon