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Why did so many people waste their lives for religion?
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Why did so many people waste their lives for religion?
If you read history then so many people have sacrificed their life for religion or a religious cause,so many people have dedicated their life for religious purposes,there have been so many mystics in every religion who were good people,so much deep stuff written about religion and God,why did they never ask the basic question that does God exist or not and were all those religious people and mystics frauds?
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RE: Why did so many people waste their lives for religion?
Why do people waste their lives on any ideology? To feel protected, special and to belong to a special exclusive group. Religion adds the promise of eternal life to the mix. The fear of death is probably one of the strongest motivators.
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RE: Why did so many people waste their lives for religion?
(May 2, 2015 at 4:33 am)abaris Wrote: Why do people waste their lives on any ideology? To feel protected, special and to belong to a special exclusive group. Religion adds the promise of eternal life to the mix. The fear of death is probably one of the strongest motivators.

i know but why do so many people claim a connection with God and there is so much written about the love of God and some of the writings are very fascinating to read
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RE: Why did so many people waste their lives for religion?
(May 2, 2015 at 4:40 am)Twisted Wrote:
(May 2, 2015 at 4:33 am)abaris Wrote: Why do people waste their lives on any ideology? To feel protected, special and to belong to a special exclusive group. Religion adds the promise of eternal life to the mix. The fear of death is probably one of the strongest motivators.

i know but why do so many people claim a connection with God and there is so much written about the love of God and some of the writings are very fascinating to read

I think the best answer is just that it's a messed up world out there.

People are willing to risk death to take a unique selfie so it's not surprising that some people die for religion. 

There's those guys in india who keep one arm raised to the point where it starts to wither away, I don't think they even believe that god asked them to do it, they just do it.


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RE: Why did so many people waste their lives for religion?
(May 2, 2015 at 4:29 am)Twisted Wrote: [...] were all those religious people and mystics frauds?

No. Some of them were mentally ill. Or just very, very good at deceiving themselves. But most of them - blatant, unashamed frauds.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
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RE: Why did so many people waste their lives for religion?
(May 2, 2015 at 4:29 am)Twisted Wrote: If you read history then so many people have sacrificed their life for religion or a religious cause,so many people have dedicated their life for religious purposes,there have been so many mystics in every religion who were good people,so much deep stuff written about religion and God,why did they never ask the basic question that does God exist or not and were all those religious people and mystics frauds?
1. It was the best explanation they could come up with at the time.
2. It was drilled into them at a young age and remained a permanent fixture of their thoughts and emotions.
3. It offered their life a meaningful context and brought about internal peace and comfort amidst external disorder.
4. It eliminated the fear of death.
5. It reinforced their notions of good and evil with authority beyond reproach (in their minds).
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
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RE: Why did so many people waste their lives for religion?
Indoctrination is a huge factor. And threats against you if you don't conform.

Take those two things away, and I'd predict a massive decrease in religious numbers and severity over the next generations.
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RE: Why did so many people waste their lives for religion?
(May 2, 2015 at 4:29 am)Twisted Wrote: If you read history then so many people have sacrificed their life for religion or a religious cause,so many people have dedicated their life for religious purposes,there have been so many mystics in every religion who were good people,so much deep stuff written about religion and God,why did they never ask the basic question that does God exist or not and were all those religious people and mystics frauds?


People have sacrificed themselves for a lot of things.  But I'll grant you religion has one of the highest body counts.


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RE: Why did so many people waste their lives for religion?
A lot of times the choice is either dedicate your life to this cause, or we'll kill you.
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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

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RE: Why did so many people waste their lives for religion?
A lot of people are quite stupid.  They believe anything they are told.

We have a number of specimens of the breed running around here.
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