All religions were invented by people who were making stuff up. They are all wrong because they are ridiculous and childish. All the magical miracles never happened because they're impossible.
The god thing was invented by primitive people who didn't know anything about science.
The magic god fairy is not reality. There is no supernatural magic in the universe.
Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts
Friday, April 16, 2021
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021
I'm adding this to my list of favorite quotes. Someone explained why religions are bullshit.
Holy religious fairytale myth books don’t even make for good toilet paper. That makes religion 100% useless. Garbage religions should be thrown in the trash can with all the other rotten, worthless junk. There was no excuse for religion to continue being part of our society after Darwin explained how biology works - without a magical fairy.
-- Llaberif
-- Llaberif
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
In the United States young people are throwing out the god bullshit, and that's a good thing.
The Washington Post
Religion
Church membership in the U.S. has fallen below the majority for the first time in nearly a century
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey
March 29, 2021
The proportion of Americans who consider themselves members of a church, synagogue or mosque has dropped below 50 percent, according to a poll from Gallup released Monday. It is the first time that has happened since Gallup first asked the question in 1937, when church membership was 73 percent.
In recent years, research data has shown a seismic shift in the U.S. population away from religious institutions and toward general disaffiliation, a trend that analysts say could have major implications for politics, business and how Americans group themselves. In 2020, 47 percent of Americans said they belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque. The polling firm also found that the number of people who said religion was very important to them has fallen to 48 percent, a new low point in the polling since 2000.
For some Americans, religious membership is seen as a relic of an older generation, said Ryan Burge, an assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University and a pastor in the American Baptist Church. Gallup’s data finds that church membership is strongly correlated with age: 66 percent of American adults born before 1946 belong to a church, compared with 58 percent of baby boomers, 50 percent of Generation X and 36 percent of millennials.
Burge said many Christians still attend church but do not consider membership to be important, especially those who attend nondenominational churches. But no matter how researchers measure people’s faith — such as attendance, giving, self-identification — Americans’ attachment to institutional religion is on the decline.
Burge, who recently published a book about disaffiliating Americans called “The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going,” predicts that in the next 30 years, the United States will not have one dominant religion.
“We have to start thinking about what the world looks like in terms of politics, policy, social service,” Burge said. “How do we feed the hungry, clothe the naked when Christians are half of what it was. Who picks up the slack, especially if the government isn’t going to?”
Christianity is declining at a rapid pace, but Americans still hold positive views about religion’s role in society
The coronavirus pandemic, which forced most churches to close in March 2020, has caused a major disruption to American religious life, with most people unable to join weekly mass gatherings. But polls have not found a dramatic impact on Americans’ religiosity in the past year. Americans are more likely than people in other countries to say that their religious faith has become stronger during the pandemic, according to the Pew Research Center.
Tara Isabella Burton, author of “Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World,” attributes the national decline in religious affiliation to two major trends among younger Americans. First, she points to broader shifts suggesting a larger distrust of institutions, including police and pharmaceutical companies. Some Americans are disillusioned by the behavior of religious leaders, including the Roman Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal and the strong White evangelical alignment with former president Donald Trump.
Southern Baptists see historic drop in membership
The other major trend Burton describes is how people are mixing and matching from various religious traditions to create their own. Many people who don’t identify with a particular religious institution still say they believe in God, pray or do things that tend to be associated with faith.
“Why shouldn’t I pray or meditate or attend a liturgy, or perhaps I feel closer to the divine when I can do something privately rather than something that’s prescribed for me,” she said. “It’s my own spin on it.”
Younger generations that grew up with the Internet have a different kind of relationship with information, texts and hierarchy, Burton said.
“Existing trends in American religious life were exacerbated by generations that grew up in Internet culture that celebrates ownership — the idea that you can re-create a meme or narrative,” she said. “You have ownership over curating your own experience.”
Shadi Hamid, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, argued in a recent essay for the Atlantic that what was once religious belief has been replaced by political belief in many communities.
On the political right, he said in an interview, conservative Christians focused on Trump as a political savior rather than focusing on their traditional questions of morality. Christians in the Republican Party, he said, are being less defined by their faith than by a set of more narrow concerns.
And on the political left, Hamid said, strains of “wokeism” have taken up religious notions like sin and excommunication and repurposed them for secular ends. Hamid said that because there aren’t clear leaders, such as priests or imams, or a transcendent source that defines belief, the standards for what is considered “woke” continues to change.
“The vacuum [of religion] can’t just remain a vacuum,” Hamid said. “Americans are believers in some sense, and there has to be structures of belief and belonging. The question is, what takes the place of that religious affiliation?”
Scott Clement contributed to this report.
Sarah Pulliam Bailey
Sarah Pulliam Bailey is a religion reporter, covering how faith intersects with politics and culture. She runs The Washington Post's religion vertical. Before joining The Post, she was a national correspondent for Religion News Service. Follow
Religion
Church membership in the U.S. has fallen below the majority for the first time in nearly a century
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey
March 29, 2021
The proportion of Americans who consider themselves members of a church, synagogue or mosque has dropped below 50 percent, according to a poll from Gallup released Monday. It is the first time that has happened since Gallup first asked the question in 1937, when church membership was 73 percent.
In recent years, research data has shown a seismic shift in the U.S. population away from religious institutions and toward general disaffiliation, a trend that analysts say could have major implications for politics, business and how Americans group themselves. In 2020, 47 percent of Americans said they belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque. The polling firm also found that the number of people who said religion was very important to them has fallen to 48 percent, a new low point in the polling since 2000.
For some Americans, religious membership is seen as a relic of an older generation, said Ryan Burge, an assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University and a pastor in the American Baptist Church. Gallup’s data finds that church membership is strongly correlated with age: 66 percent of American adults born before 1946 belong to a church, compared with 58 percent of baby boomers, 50 percent of Generation X and 36 percent of millennials.
Burge said many Christians still attend church but do not consider membership to be important, especially those who attend nondenominational churches. But no matter how researchers measure people’s faith — such as attendance, giving, self-identification — Americans’ attachment to institutional religion is on the decline.
Burge, who recently published a book about disaffiliating Americans called “The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going,” predicts that in the next 30 years, the United States will not have one dominant religion.
“We have to start thinking about what the world looks like in terms of politics, policy, social service,” Burge said. “How do we feed the hungry, clothe the naked when Christians are half of what it was. Who picks up the slack, especially if the government isn’t going to?”
Christianity is declining at a rapid pace, but Americans still hold positive views about religion’s role in society
The coronavirus pandemic, which forced most churches to close in March 2020, has caused a major disruption to American religious life, with most people unable to join weekly mass gatherings. But polls have not found a dramatic impact on Americans’ religiosity in the past year. Americans are more likely than people in other countries to say that their religious faith has become stronger during the pandemic, according to the Pew Research Center.
Tara Isabella Burton, author of “Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World,” attributes the national decline in religious affiliation to two major trends among younger Americans. First, she points to broader shifts suggesting a larger distrust of institutions, including police and pharmaceutical companies. Some Americans are disillusioned by the behavior of religious leaders, including the Roman Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal and the strong White evangelical alignment with former president Donald Trump.
Southern Baptists see historic drop in membership
The other major trend Burton describes is how people are mixing and matching from various religious traditions to create their own. Many people who don’t identify with a particular religious institution still say they believe in God, pray or do things that tend to be associated with faith.
“Why shouldn’t I pray or meditate or attend a liturgy, or perhaps I feel closer to the divine when I can do something privately rather than something that’s prescribed for me,” she said. “It’s my own spin on it.”
Younger generations that grew up with the Internet have a different kind of relationship with information, texts and hierarchy, Burton said.
“Existing trends in American religious life were exacerbated by generations that grew up in Internet culture that celebrates ownership — the idea that you can re-create a meme or narrative,” she said. “You have ownership over curating your own experience.”
Shadi Hamid, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, argued in a recent essay for the Atlantic that what was once religious belief has been replaced by political belief in many communities.
On the political right, he said in an interview, conservative Christians focused on Trump as a political savior rather than focusing on their traditional questions of morality. Christians in the Republican Party, he said, are being less defined by their faith than by a set of more narrow concerns.
And on the political left, Hamid said, strains of “wokeism” have taken up religious notions like sin and excommunication and repurposed them for secular ends. Hamid said that because there aren’t clear leaders, such as priests or imams, or a transcendent source that defines belief, the standards for what is considered “woke” continues to change.
“The vacuum [of religion] can’t just remain a vacuum,” Hamid said. “Americans are believers in some sense, and there has to be structures of belief and belonging. The question is, what takes the place of that religious affiliation?”
Scott Clement contributed to this report.
Sarah Pulliam Bailey
Sarah Pulliam Bailey is a religion reporter, covering how faith intersects with politics and culture. She runs The Washington Post's religion vertical. Before joining The Post, she was a national correspondent for Religion News Service. Follow
Monday, March 29, 2021
I asked a question about religions. I'm adding the best answer to my list of favorite quotes.
People say they belong to the one true religion. Could all religions be wrong?
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All religions are mental illnesses that plague the pea-brained.
-- Verulam
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All religions are mental illnesses that plague the pea-brained.
-- Verulam
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
I answered a question about the mental illness called "religion".
"How do I get rid of my religion addiction?"
Just ask yourself: Is there a creature with unlimited magical powers hiding somewhere in the universe? When you think about it you eventually realize the god fantasy is ridiculous, not to mention impossible.
Just ask yourself: Is there a creature with unlimited magical powers hiding somewhere in the universe? When you think about it you eventually realize the god fantasy is ridiculous, not to mention impossible.
Friday, March 19, 2021
I never met a Christian who wasn't a gullible coward.
What I wrote for some Christian fucktards:
When people drop dead they will not have a magical 2nd life because that's impossible, not to mention ridiculous. It's a childish fantasy for feeble-minded cowards.
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What someone else wrote for the same fucktards:
Just another myth thrown at the weaker mind ignorant believers, to hold them to their membership of one kind of nonsense or the other, all of which are called a religion.
-- Antonius
When people drop dead they will not have a magical 2nd life because that's impossible, not to mention ridiculous. It's a childish fantasy for feeble-minded cowards.
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What someone else wrote for the same fucktards:
Just another myth thrown at the weaker mind ignorant believers, to hold them to their membership of one kind of nonsense or the other, all of which are called a religion.
-- Antonius
Friday, February 5, 2021
I'm adding this to my list of favorite quotes.
"That's the way a religion sells itself. Notice that you're rewarded or punished only after you die, when it's conveniently unverifiable, and you are of no more use to your human handlers."
-- Anonymous
-- Anonymous
Thursday, January 21, 2021
This is a strange religion and it's bullshit but it's interesting.
BBC - Jainism at a glance
Jainism is an ancient religion from India that teaches that the way to liberation and bliss is to live lives of harmlessness and renunciation.
The essence of Jainism is concern for the welfare of every being in the universe and for the health of the universe itself.
- Jains believe that animals and plants, as well as human beings, contain living souls. Each of these souls is considered of equal value and should be treated with respect and compassion.
- Jains are strict vegetarians and live in a way that minimises their use of the world's resources.
- Jains believe in reincarnation and seek to attain ultimate liberation - which means escaping the continuous cycle of birth, death and rebirth so that the immortal soul lives for ever in a state of bliss.
- Liberation is achieved by eliminating all karma from the soul.
- Jainism is a religion of self-help.
- There are no gods or spiritual beings that will help human beings.
- The three guiding principles of Jainism, the 'three jewels', are right belief, right knowledge and right conduct.
- The supreme principle of Jain living is non violence (ahimsa).
- This is one of the 5 mahavratas (the 5 great vows). The other mahavratas are non-attachment to possessions, not lying, not stealing, and sexual restraint (with celibacy as the ideal).
- Mahavira is regarded as the man who gave Jainism its present-day form.
- The texts containing the teachings of Mahavira are called the Agamas.
- Jains are divided into two major sects; the Digambara (meaning "sky clad") sect and the Svetambara (meaning "white clad") sect.
- Jainism has no priests. Its professional religious people are monks and nuns, who lead strict and ascetic lives.
Most Jains live in India, and according to the 2001 Census of India there are around 4.2 million living there. However, the Oxford Handbook of Global Religions, published in 2006, suggests that census figures may provide lower than the true number of followers as many Jains identify themselves as Hindu. The Handbook also states that there are around 25,000 Jains in Britain.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
I never met a Christian who wasn't a fucking moron.
A Christian fucktard asked this stupid question:
"Why do atheists insist their religion isn't a religion?"
This is what I wrote for the asshole:
I explained this before many times. It's very simple but it might difficult for a moron.
Here it is: "People who are not religious do not belong to a religion."
If you still don't understand, ask a 5-year-old to help you.
"Why do atheists insist their religion isn't a religion?"
This is what I wrote for the asshole:
I explained this before many times. It's very simple but it might difficult for a moron.
Here it is: "People who are not religious do not belong to a religion."
If you still don't understand, ask a 5-year-old to help you.
Monday, January 18, 2021
I'm adding this to my list of favorite quotes. It's about Christian fucktards, also known as uneducated morons.
ANYONE who could successfully debunk the Theory of Evolution would become instantly famous not to mention wealthy beyond their dreams. This is nothing more than the same tired BS that Creationist/Intelligent Design people have been spewing for a long time. Evolution is an even more supported than the theory of gravity. It is a scientific fact. It happened. It is still happening. The trouble with religion is that anything that tends to challenge their ancient superstitious woo woo is instantly labeled as false. It is dishonest to assert as fact that which is not evidently true. Yet that is what religion does. It constantly tries to assert as fact things that we already know are not true or even possible. Religion is an assumed conclusion based on suspect claims from dubious sources supported by logical fallacies nested within circular reasoning bringing you back to the assumed conclusion. There is no truth in it. Never has been. Not one single person in human history has EVER provided proof and evidence of a deity.........ANY deity.
-- sk8terboy1963
-- sk8terboy1963
Thursday, January 7, 2021
I'm adding this to my list of favorite quotes. It's about religious stupidity.
Religion stifles and grinds to a halt any kind of progress or implementation of knowledge. Just about everything in our lives gets upgraded or improved in some way. Except for religion. It has stayed the same for thousands of years. No upgrades. No new information is added. Nothing. If you want to exercise your right to think critically and base your choices on factual information, then religion is certainly not for you. Religion is nothing more than an assumed conclusion based on suspect claims from dubious sources supported by logical fallacies nested within circular reasoning bringing you back to the assumed conclusion. It is dishonest to assert as fact that which is not evidently true.
-- sk8terboy1963
-- sk8terboy1963
Monday, January 4, 2021
I'm adding this to my list of favorite quotes.
“When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion.”
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I wrote this somewhere else:
Anyone who believes in a magic god fairy in the 21st century is insane.
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I wrote this somewhere else:
Anyone who believes in a magic god fairy in the 21st century is insane.
Sunday, December 27, 2020
I'm adding this to my list of favorite quotes. It's about the difference between science and religion.
"Science asks that you do argue and dig, probe, and question. Religion does not. That's the fundamental difference right there. Science wants you to use your mind, religion just wants you to nod along and empty your pockets into their collection baskets."
-- Anonymous
-- Anonymous
Saturday, December 19, 2020
I wrote this post on May 29, 2013. Here it is again.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Why would the world be a much better place if everyone was an atheist?
I asked this question at Yahoo Answers.
This would be my answer: There would much less violence, no suicide bombings, much less stupidity, no more brainwashing of children, no more harassment of biology teachers, no more wasted lives, and human progress would be unlimited.
Here are some of the best answers:
Why would the world be a much better place if everyone was an atheist?
Because religion is generally dangerous and damaging.
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It teaches people not to doubt, not to question, not to seek knowledge, but to be credulous and complacent and to accept as reality what can not even be shown to actually exist. That's damaging to the human intellect and retards the progress of humanity.
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Because existence would be viewed from a FACTUAL perspective by 100% of people.
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"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities". - Voltaire
That's why.
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It actually doesn't matter what they believe as much as how they behave. If people behaved as atheists then the world would improve because science and technology would get the funding churches used to build buildings and live lavish lifestyles. Also many of the prejudices of theists would be gone making the world a happier place for everyone whereas theists usually only want to make themselves happy and force their views on others through violence and legislation.
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Because we don't kill/torture/maim/rape/ostracize/hate people based on Bronze Age superstitions.
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All gods are just mythologies. If we have evidence for something we should embrace it, not run from it or pretend it doesn't exist. We should value the truth no matter how uncomfortable it seems.
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It would remove one very large basis for discrimination and hate: that of differing religious views and trying to impose them and their mandated acts, dress codes, oppressive demands, and restrictions on others.
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Because there will not be people killing others for not being 'the chosen race' or for worshiping the 'wrong god'.
Everyone will also be pursuing knowledge instead of being held back by thinking 'god did it'.
This would be my answer: There would much less violence, no suicide bombings, much less stupidity, no more brainwashing of children, no more harassment of biology teachers, no more wasted lives, and human progress would be unlimited.
Here are some of the best answers:
Why would the world be a much better place if everyone was an atheist?
Because religion is generally dangerous and damaging.
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It teaches people not to doubt, not to question, not to seek knowledge, but to be credulous and complacent and to accept as reality what can not even be shown to actually exist. That's damaging to the human intellect and retards the progress of humanity.
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Because existence would be viewed from a FACTUAL perspective by 100% of people.
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"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities". - Voltaire
That's why.
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It actually doesn't matter what they believe as much as how they behave. If people behaved as atheists then the world would improve because science and technology would get the funding churches used to build buildings and live lavish lifestyles. Also many of the prejudices of theists would be gone making the world a happier place for everyone whereas theists usually only want to make themselves happy and force their views on others through violence and legislation.
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Because we don't kill/torture/maim/rape/ostracize/hate people based on Bronze Age superstitions.
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All gods are just mythologies. If we have evidence for something we should embrace it, not run from it or pretend it doesn't exist. We should value the truth no matter how uncomfortable it seems.
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It would remove one very large basis for discrimination and hate: that of differing religious views and trying to impose them and their mandated acts, dress codes, oppressive demands, and restrictions on others.
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Because there will not be people killing others for not being 'the chosen race' or for worshiping the 'wrong god'.
Everyone will also be pursuing knowledge instead of being held back by thinking 'god did it'.
Friday, December 18, 2020
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
I wrote this comment about science and religious stupidity somewhere else.
Science makes all human progress possible.
Religions have never contributed anything. They just get in the way.
Religions are permanently stuck in the Dark Ages.
Religions have never contributed anything. They just get in the way.
Religions are permanently stuck in the Dark Ages.
Monday, December 14, 2020
I answered a question about religions and god fairies.
"The reason I don't believe in a particular God or religion is that they can't be all right. They all contradict each other. If any of it was true, there would only be one religion, but they each have their own different version of how the world started, the number and name(s) of Gods, who the Gods sent to spread their message, etc. Am I the only person that thinks that way?"
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What you wrote is true. There are lots of cults and they're all ridiculous.
Also, the idea that there is a magical creature, aka God, who hides somewhere in the universe, is impossible. It's just a childish fantasy for people who don't know anything about science. In the 21st century this should not be a subject. There is no excuse to believe in a magical being that magically makes stuff happen. It's equal to the Easter Bunny fantasy.
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What someone else wrote:
I don't believe in gods because there is no evidence they exist.
All religions are cults, where it's members are taught the same thing over and over again and learn primarily to hate others, hate those that do not belong to their cult, those that don't do as they do and believe as they believe.
Churches are mental institutions. All those that go to church are controlled and indoctrinated imbeciles.
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What you wrote is true. There are lots of cults and they're all ridiculous.
Also, the idea that there is a magical creature, aka God, who hides somewhere in the universe, is impossible. It's just a childish fantasy for people who don't know anything about science. In the 21st century this should not be a subject. There is no excuse to believe in a magical being that magically makes stuff happen. It's equal to the Easter Bunny fantasy.
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What someone else wrote:
I don't believe in gods because there is no evidence they exist.
All religions are cults, where it's members are taught the same thing over and over again and learn primarily to hate others, hate those that do not belong to their cult, those that don't do as they do and believe as they believe.
Churches are mental institutions. All those that go to church are controlled and indoctrinated imbeciles.
-- Anonymous
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Someone else wrote this. I'm adding it to my list of favorite quotes. It's about religious stupidity.
"Realize something. Religion is fictional horsecrap. It should be ridiculed until adults wise up, grow up and learn to live in the real world."
Saturday, December 5, 2020
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