Religion is fucked up

Religion is obviously and

The problem with this is that by insisting that an obviously fabricated story is absolute truth, the opportunity of arriving at the actual truth is greatly diminished. Misconception: If God is good and pain exists in your life, it’s because your faith is not strong enough.

For a growing number of us worldwide, what was once indescribable is now easily explained by the vast data we have gathered as we work towards refining our understanding. We work diligently through school for the reward of a career and money. How many of these same enthusiasts would subscribe to their religion if there were not a reward for their commitment?

Without a reward, the faith does not carry the same power to control its congregate. Most of our world’s major religions each assume that it is their faith alone that is the “absolute truth” and refuse to concede that those traditions may be mistaken.

What is the problem

For the Christian, it is a perfect place of infinite peace and comfort. Even in the ancient book of Job, his wife and friends insinuate that Job must have unrepentant sin in his life. We are becoming painfully aware that, although our religions gave us a starting place for thinking about how our world functions, they no longer serve us in that process; and in fact, have left a trail of destruction in their historic path.

It creates a world where stories are placed above reality and reality is never within reach. Religion has been a part of humanity since the first astronomers peered into the sky and created elaborate stories to define the movements of our universe.

This ideology has been believed by many for thousands of years. These stories, some of them with deep and purposeful meanings, cannot be understood, let alone correctly interpreted for beneficial use, when they are assumed to be truth, rather than for the allegories that they are.

It's debatable whether they are actually religions as opposed to philosophies. The faith of many followers hinges on the idea that there is some reward for devotion to their deity. When today we ponder the future of religion, we find ourselves in a quandary that seems to have no solution.

(RNS) — The study maps secularization and religious change across more than countries and major religious traditions.

Why Are Some People

It made its way into our minds as we fearfully created devils and demons to explain the danger lurking in the darkness of night. However, things are quickly changing. There must be a conclusion to every religious story — a reason for carrying the belief to its completion.

We also know that the digestive mechanisms of the fish would make it impossible for a man to actually live let alone breathe inside of a fish for three days. Something can be both a religion and a philosophy. For the Islamic gentleman, it is a promise of virgins after death.

"Religion is belief in a god or gods and the activities that are connected with this belief, such as praying or worshiping in a building such as a church or temple.". Instead, every effort is made to justify why it is their — and only their — religion that is void of any fault.

They are the stories and traditions that we created in order to explain our world in the past. For Hindus, it is escaping the grueling task of reincarnation; and for the Buddhist it is reaching Nirvana. Critics of religion in general may view religion as one or more of: outdated, harmful to the individual, harmful to society, an impediment to the progress of science or humanity, a source of immoral acts or customs, and a political tool for social control.

If 39 God Is

Negative views of religion’s influence on society are fairly common among religious “nones,” which include atheists and agnostics, in the 22 countries we analyzed. Human beings are rarely motivated to commit to anything without a reward for their commitment.

We work hard in our relationships for the reward of satisfying unity with other human beings. Many religious adherents have no problem understanding the irrationality of others beliefs, but are unable to apply the same logic when observing their own doctrine.

Instead, they discover ways to force conflicting information to adapt to their own doctrine; no matter how effective the evidence is at actually disproving the rationality of that particular religion. For instance, the majority of Christians would agree that the idea of Mohammad riding a flying horse into the heavens is an impossible fairy-tale; while simultaneously, they are unable to see how their own story of a talking snake or a man living inside a fish for three days is also impossible.

Over the last 50 years, the number of people who identify with traditional forms of. They are not airborne animals, they are land animals.

The Problem With Faith

By Shanna Babilonia 4 August Myiobi. It creates a mental mindset in people that is driven by misinformation and then passed on to future generations where misguided concepts are perpetuated. Here are 11 ways religion is destroying humanity: 1.) The assumption of truth.

It has both enchanted and burdened us as we attempt to define our world with the information available to us as we work our way through history.