Religion is a human invention to control the masses and avoid conflict through its unfalsifiable fear-based incentives, used in lieu of a viable justice and incarceration system.
I highly doubt, however, that the creators of Christianity could have ever foreseen the far-reaching effects, both through time and over continents.
Hell, the creators of Christianity couldn't see too much past the five mile (liberal estimate) radius around their property.
I highly doubt, however, that the creators of Christianity could have ever foreseen the far-reaching effects, both through time and over continents.
Hell, the creators of Christianity couldn't see too much past the five mile (liberal estimate) radius around their property.
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
