(Dons hard hat)
I hate all the fighting that goes on in the name of religion. Most of it is about arguing about various interpretations of some old mythical book. Who cares what happens to us in the after life; lets sort out what happens in this life first. All the intolerance that goes on is just so exasperating.
I do think that some philosophies such as bhuddism and suffism are beautiful and I am not oblivious to the more mystical qualities of life but how can any of us possibly know what is out there?
Also when reading about scientology and cults I just think that all the mind control stuff is just wierd. Apparently Katie Holmes is now being stalked by cult members. As a young women my boyfriend was into a cult and I almost got sucked in too. It makes me shudder.
Part of me feels that religion is the buffer against the harsh realities of natural selection and survival of the fittest but then part of me feels that there is a bigger picture and that we need some kind of moral compass to prevent the worst excesses of natural selection.. If only we'd just all stop having wars about it.
Wow deep.
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To think that religion creates more problems than it solves?
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toptramp · 02/07/2012 21:05
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