At the god-soaked Wall Street Journal I wrote something about the ridiculous disgusting Resurrection fantasy that has to be real or else entire Christian death cult is bullshit.

I think the Resurrection is a very interesting belief. What makes it important is an entire religion completely depends on it being real. About two billion people believe in it (or pretend they believe in it). That's less than one third of the human population. Why doesn't everyone believe it? Perhaps they weren't brainwashed to believe it. Perhaps they notice the evidence for it is extremely weak, not something scientists would call a fact.

The Christians claim there were 500 witnesses who are now of course completely dead. Were those witnesses invented? Were they extremely gullible? Even if they were real and not insane, 500 dead witnesses are not evidence for anything. Fantastic claims that throw out all of reality require fantastic evidence. The Resurrection has virtually nothing.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-faith-based-film-rises-above-the-usual-1456447247

Another comment I wrote there:

There are many comments about "faith". Is faith a good thing? I don't think so. This quote about faith I agree with:

"No one word personifies the absolute worst and most wicked properties of religion better than that. Faith is mind-rot. It’s the poison that destroys critical thinking, undermines evidence, and leads people into lives dedicated to absurdity. It’s a parasite regarded as a virtue."

-- PZ Myers, biologist at the University of Minnesota

In science trusting people and having faith is not allowed. Ideas must have strong verifiable evidence that can be repeatedly tested before those ideas become facts.

Religions are the exact opposite. Evidence is not required. You just got to believe stuff which is easy for some people to do if the fantasy is exactly what they wish for.