(July 4, 2018 at 11:13 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: If there are any lurkers here perusing this forum for enlightenment, you have found it.The purpose of religions is to brainwash the masses into complete obedience and loyalty to the Boss. Religions sell the idea of heaven/paradise and eternal life for being obedient and loyal and hell fire and eternal damnation for being disobedient and disloyal. In return the masses support the con men running the operation with money and assorted perks.
There are countless religious believers throughout the world but you would be hard-pressed to find two of them (even within the same major religion) who agree on all fundamental points of morality. Is that a red flag or what?
The whole point of religion is that it is supposed to be a source of the TRUTH. If that were truly the case, there would be no disagreement on what that TRUTH was. God would reveal it clearly, right? You would think so but even the highest-placed individuals within the major world religions cannot agree with each other on what that TRUTH is!
Where is the TRUTH? I don't know but it should be obvious that you won't find it in religion.
You won't find anything moral in the Bible because there's nothing moral in it. It's just a lot of stories that teach the benefits of being obedient and loyal to the Boss. It's essentially a military-like code of conduct for the masses. Obey even if it costs you severe harm or death and don't change sides when the going gets tough.
