Bushboy2004 said:
I have been Buddhist, Christian, Catholic and I am now settled on Athiesm. Now, I have issues with a few religions over their ethics and morals etc. but I think it is as simple as this...
Humans are easily manipulated. Teach them a belief from birth, and the chances are they will know nothing else and believe that. What makes one religion right over another? Who knows. I chose no religion because although all have good points, all have bad points too, and all these alternate religions can't all be right, so why not just enjoy life?
I have not written in these threads in a few weeks, but i feel this could be the most important, truly explaining why i hate religion.
I'd have to agree with you the more religions that i have encountered have served as more of a reason to discontinue my belief in religion.
Men are ignorant and gullible. They refuse to stand alone and are easily controlled. The true nature of a religion is in its control of their followers. The most powerful men to walk the Earth were the religious zealots. This is a fact, theres no denying that.
Why do you think that is? You scare a man, make him fear his own soul, fear his own happiness, tell him what he feels is nothing if it does not benefit humankind tell him to live for others, if he does wish for personal happiness, tell him he is selfish and he will be punished in the afterlife, the only thing anyone can actually wish for. You tell him what he thinks and does is wrong because nobody else does it. You take away his individuality, and turn him into an easily controlled robot.If he doesn't conform, he will be destroyed. Not physically but mentally. He'll have no friends, people will scorn him all because someone tells them he is evil. Religion looks at free thougt, originality, uniqueness, and laughs at it. It persecutes anyone with enough courage and balls to stand alone with what they believe to be true.
I use christianity as an example because it is the main religion of this country. At this very moment the christians are gathering within this country, with one of their own in the office, movies pulling them together against a false evil they can all relate to, another religion destroying their bond with humankind. No matter how many have died for the freedom of this country Christians are willing to steal the basic liberties of another human because their preacher tells them to. None will say to themselves that we are all human and that they do not have a monopoly on any way of living. Christians are brought together to fight my freedom of being able to turn on the tv and watch what i wish all because they can not trust themselves to not watch something they believe is evil. Christians refuse to see that not everyone is fine and dandy with being a follower, or that people find their happpiness in something they wish not to.
A true sin is robbing someone of their happiness to make yourself happy.
As i said, i don't believe in any religion. The worst in my eyes is islam. Every fiber in their body's screams at their inhumane treatments of women, their inability to settle thousand year old feuds, break tradition and come up with their own intelligent thoughts, come to the knowledge that no god would ask for his most precious gift to humans to destroy another man woman and sadly child.
What makes me laugh in a frustated sorrowness is that it is plainly obvious that God has nothing to do with any human religion. Look at the religious leaders.
The evangelicals that live as fat cats, why they disobey every law they preach for man to obey.
The priest that molest children.
The monks that are forced to give up their humanity and socialness.
The preachers who drive Navigators to work, buy their kids everything, and cheat on thier wives.
The ayatollahs that claim the only way to go to heaven is to throw away what god gave to you in order to take from another innocent human being.
The religious leaders that tell women that their only goal in life should be to be subservient to men, Hey! pleasure for a woman is a sin, so hand over that [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse].
These leaders are men, men like you and me with their own goals in mind.
I don't know what i hate more the religion and it's leaders or the blind sheep that follow.
The poor who give to the church that claims a monopoly on their souls, while their children suffer.
Those that know every human has a basic right to freedom but are cowards and are afraid of what their peers will think of them.
The ignorant that take everything they are taught and question not a ounce of it.
The pitiful that no matter all the evidence logical thought or reason given to discredit certain aspects of their religion they cannot bring their puny minds to go against their religion. Not realizing that any true God could understand their need for truth and could understand why any human could choose not to be associated with religion.
The idiots that follow the studpidest belief in doctrines. I don't even see a reason to this, for me this incoprehensible.
I think i know what i hate the most. People who are afraid to act without anothers approval. The people that look at another persons life and say i want that. The people that are afraid to be what they wish to be, because no one else does it. In a way i hate myself because i know that there are things that i do on account of others. Difference being i'm not denying it and try my best to disregard what others think of me.
It is hard but finding your true self is far worth it. What really matters is not what God thinks of us, but what we think of our selves, and whether we find peace within the universe. I'll respect anyone whose selfish enough to say that they care only for themselves.
No matter what i saythough i will be countered with every irrational, illogical thought known to man. The religious refuse to see reason. They won't stop me from thinking and believing what i wish to believe. I refuse to conform.
That would be me. 
