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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d go even farther than OP calling religion irrational and say that it’s narcissistic in this modern age. I can understand why humans needed it to answer questions about the world in historical times, but we now have greater scientific knowledge.

We know that humans have been around for a fraction of the 13 billion years the universe has existed. And 99% of species that have ever existed are extinct through multiple mass extinction events. How incredibly self centered to think this was all created especially for us.

And the only reason people even follow the mainstream religions we see today is because those specific cultures survived and won. People believe in Jesus because of conquests and colonial missions, not because it’s inherently more true. If the Roman Empire hadn't fallen, we could just as easily be worshiping Zeus.

Not only that but anthropologists can study societies and predict what kind of God they’ll come up with based on their environment and how they’re organized. Instead people think that they just happen to be so blessed to have been born into the “correct” religion, not fully grasping that people who believe in other religions are just as convinced they are worshipping the true God, and for the most part it’s just product of their environment.

If people were just using it for emotional support, community, etc. I would say it’s all harmless and not care about religion. But in the modern world, it’s still being used as a weapon. It’s a tool to strip women of reproductive rights, spread hate against gay and trans people, and justify wars that only end up lining the pockets of billionaires. It’s a mechanism to keep the masses doing the bidding of the people at the top.

It still boggles my mind how many people can’t see through organized religion. Even as a kid I thought it was all just a polite lie, something people did for tradition.

All of this has been on my mind a lot more now with the crazy rise of Christian nationalism.[/quote]

And to think, that most of Trump supporters and most people in general think Trump himself isn’t atheist. Wow! That is according to pew in a recent survey they did. [/quote]

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