God is the great spirit friend

[thesummerqueen]

You have to understand (well, you probably do), luckie, that these people are as addicted to religion (and being right) as others are addicted to drugs. It is the foundation of their world, prone to giving them just as many hallucinations, the same euphoria rush, and yanking it away from them will produce almost the same effects. Except unlike drugs, most people on the planet are under the impression that religion is good, necessary, and truthful (at least to some degree), so they won't listen if someone says anything bad about it. Then they'd have to share the same sinking feeling as those nasty druggies..."did I waste my life"? No one likes being wrong, but more rational people can accept it and move on. These people think their life would be in utter shambles (in same cases, it would be) if they moved away from religion. Our existence in happy, healthy lives makes them doubt the foundations of their world. They're afraid of not having that rock-solid certainty...deathly afraid. And they're afraid to be insignificant. In God's eyes, after all, everyone is special.

strodel will have to keep telling all of us that we're horrible people - sinners and hedonists - so that he knows he's a good person. Having a different opinion invalidates his own, because deep down he's that insecure - he can't just be happy with his own beliefs and truths. Mostly because they're wrong, but also because his self-esteem and self-worth are all riding on them.

A secure person doesn't need the validation of masses to know they're right - even if it would be nice. That's why real scientists don't scream about having their feelings hurt when people reject their findings...they know they'll be vindicated in the end. It would be nice if people into religion would take the same attitude.