I don't know if this is the correct place to post this, but I guess it is since it is free thoughts? I have posted this topic on a few boards and it has been a very hot topic. I thought that you guys might enjoy this one.
In this thread I am going to point out how I feel about religion. I point out that these are my views and I am not personally attacking anyone else for their beliefs. We are all entitled to our own beliefs and I truley respect everyones religion.
Now, my religion is none. I don't believe in God or the devil. I believe in what I can see. I don't feel like I should be labled an athiest for this either, because I think that that is too stong of a word and that it leads to its own religion. I prefer to be simply viewed as a realist.
But anyway, this is my view on everything.
In the begining of semi intelligent man, just fresh out of the cave man stage of chaos, we became able to communicate through speaking actual words. We then needed a source of law *-poof-* we made religion. It made people somewhat honest and it controlled their animal instincts, somewhat.
Throughout time religion changed from a rock being God, to the stars being Gods, and then to a man(Jesus), that really lived, being a God or a son of God depending on your religion.
Now, we have no proof that God exist and we have no proof that he doesn't, but being the realist that I am and believing in only what I can see, it makes me tend to think that a man thats up in sky, well he better have a parachute.
Alright now to my point. I believe that the Laws of the land have became so much more complex and reliable than religion that the laws are taking, actually taking over religious beliefs and that is why we have the problems in the world we have today.
This is not religion vs. religion.
This is Democracy vs. the Old Testiment.
There will not be a WWIII that ends the world. WWIII will however, be the end religion.
You see we have used religion to control people and now law is the stronger of the two, so we don't need religion anymore.
from Religion- to Law- to ?
I wish I could be around to see whats next. I doubt I will though since religion has only riened for about 10,000 years now. And even after it loses credibility from WWIII it will still have some followers. Not many, but a few will follow it.
In this thread I am going to point out how I feel about religion. I point out that these are my views and I am not personally attacking anyone else for their beliefs. We are all entitled to our own beliefs and I truley respect everyones religion.
Now, my religion is none. I don't believe in God or the devil. I believe in what I can see. I don't feel like I should be labled an athiest for this either, because I think that that is too stong of a word and that it leads to its own religion. I prefer to be simply viewed as a realist.
But anyway, this is my view on everything.
In the begining of semi intelligent man, just fresh out of the cave man stage of chaos, we became able to communicate through speaking actual words. We then needed a source of law *-poof-* we made religion. It made people somewhat honest and it controlled their animal instincts, somewhat.
Throughout time religion changed from a rock being God, to the stars being Gods, and then to a man(Jesus), that really lived, being a God or a son of God depending on your religion.
Now, we have no proof that God exist and we have no proof that he doesn't, but being the realist that I am and believing in only what I can see, it makes me tend to think that a man thats up in sky, well he better have a parachute.
Alright now to my point. I believe that the Laws of the land have became so much more complex and reliable than religion that the laws are taking, actually taking over religious beliefs and that is why we have the problems in the world we have today.
This is not religion vs. religion.
This is Democracy vs. the Old Testiment.
There will not be a WWIII that ends the world. WWIII will however, be the end religion.
You see we have used religion to control people and now law is the stronger of the two, so we don't need religion anymore.
from Religion- to Law- to ?
I wish I could be around to see whats next. I doubt I will though since religion has only riened for about 10,000 years now. And even after it loses credibility from WWIII it will still have some followers. Not many, but a few will follow it.