Do people hate the actual belief in God, or just the religious organizations?

[goombah111]

 Yet somehow we expect an omnipotent god to be incorruptible, somehow.

i agree on everything else, but yeah i would expect the idea of god to be incorruptible. it is technically a fairy tale after all.

Umm...I don't hate either. I think the believe in God can be damaging especially if indoctrinated in a particularly negative way. But I also think it can be healthy if done in a positive way. Believing in a higher power makes some people happier healthier people. Same with religion, some aspects of organized religion are really great and some are really terrible. Some organizations are overall really good and some are overall really harmful.

I don't believe in god. I don't know of any religious organization I'd be willing to be a member of. But I don't care what other people believe or join.

thats what i like to hear. taoism is a good way to live that has nothing to do with a god so you might find some nice insight there. buddhism and confusionism too. even the bible, kaballah, and quaran have alot of positive ideas that can be extracted.

 i suggest nobody be born into a religion, rather read up on religion after they are smart enough to decipher good and evil.

My belief is that irrelevant of happiness or detriment,  we ought to strive to find the truth and follow it.  That said,  if someone doesn't do a test and get's a zero for no answers,  that is worse then a person who does the test and get's a lot of answers right but some answers wrong. 

I see religions as attempts to answer questions to who we are as humans.  I feel people with no religion have settled for no enlightened answer out there. I respect the idea that people with answer wrong answers mixed with right answers in a form of false religions more then people saying there are no answers out there.

That said,  I think we humans are at loss over time,  if we don't find out inner truth and purpose, and believe in it, and act according to it.

I was happier without religion, but there is no escaping the reasoning that has led me back to it,  and I am however more fulfilled and feel I have greater purpose and stronger foundation with religion.

wow, this is actually profound. i must admit, i dont see a lot of theists with good arguments. i like your analogy as well.

there is definitely no beating that feeling of wonder. i dont think our excess imagination and belief is a misstep in evolution but rather a step forward. we trained our brains to accomplish so much, but we have ignored an important aspect that makes humans so amazing.