I would like to point out one other thing while I am at it. Two things, in fact.
One, religion can be subject to change. Many people, many cultures have different ideas of god and religion, and like in politics, those people can change the rules or add their beliefs into generally accepted ideas about God and religion. It does not have that people have different interpretations and beliefs about things, and religion is about belief. Therefore, religion is, or has the tendency to be inconsistent. In comparison, science, the laws of the universe and logic itself do not really change. I believe in the latter three more than religion, and as I said, people try to escape reality with religion. It may work for a time, but in the long run, you have to face the reality and adapt to it, or doing otherwise could lead to your downfall, and if not, to your offspring's downfall, and so on. Escaping reality, especially in the long run, is not mentally healthy behavior to me.
Two, I think religion was created to tell people that they do not have to accept reality, and as a means to gain power. The people who conceived religion back then did not know much about science, actual logic, and all that, so they just kind of made their own system of reality, even when much later it would have flaws, not be true, etc. So I think religion is rather outdated here.
One, religion can be subject to change. Many people, many cultures have different ideas of god and religion, and like in politics, those people can change the rules or add their beliefs into generally accepted ideas about God and religion. It does not have that people have different interpretations and beliefs about things, and religion is about belief. Therefore, religion is, or has the tendency to be inconsistent. In comparison, science, the laws of the universe and logic itself do not really change. I believe in the latter three more than religion, and as I said, people try to escape reality with religion. It may work for a time, but in the long run, you have to face the reality and adapt to it, or doing otherwise could lead to your downfall, and if not, to your offspring's downfall, and so on. Escaping reality, especially in the long run, is not mentally healthy behavior to me.
Two, I think religion was created to tell people that they do not have to accept reality, and as a means to gain power. The people who conceived religion back then did not know much about science, actual logic, and all that, so they just kind of made their own system of reality, even when much later it would have flaws, not be true, etc. So I think religion is rather outdated here.
