I would agree it's more of a coping mechanism than anything else. That's why most of them are fond of an afterlife where everything works out in the end, as opposed to all the suffering and anxiety in the world. Provided the main source of that suffering and anxiety isn't directly at the hands of other religious people who expect you to conform, or die.
That's where religion starts messing up. When it starts getting forceful, and threatening. I think we'd all do better if christians followed Jesus' softer teachings, and discarded the hellfire part, and not suffering the heathens to live.
That's where religion starts messing up. When it starts getting forceful, and threatening. I think we'd all do better if christians followed Jesus' softer teachings, and discarded the hellfire part, and not suffering the heathens to live.
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
