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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm having a hard time seeing the benefits of organized religion, especially fundamental sects like Evangelicalism Christianity. To believe in a book written 2000 years ago about a man who died, rose again, and burning bushes, and a big ark...doesn't it just seem a little far-fetched? Studies also shows adherents to organized religions are more close minded, than agnostics, atheists and people who are just generally spiritual. What keeps you wrapped up in it? How can you disregard the thousands of other religions around the world and say "no, this is it. This is the one. I know it. Those others are wrong and something bad will happen to them for not believing in my religion."? Is that not a divisive mindset? I also worry about children being indoctrinated so early. They have no control over their beliefs and those neural synapses that form memories are so comprised at such a young age. Okay, thanks for listening.[/quote]

Humans are tool-using animals.  Just like a car or money, religion is a tool.  So is secularism, environmentalism, etc.

The thing with all tools is they are just tools; they all can be used for good or bad ends--and it seems like the human condition is such that we take each tool and some use it for good and some for bad ends.  Great example of this is the internet.  If you look at religion--I'll use one I know well--Catholicism--well, look at the priest scandal, however; also look at the creation of hospitals, which was a Catholic thing.  Before hospitals, people were just outcast. And Catholic hospitals would take anyone--not just Catholics.

As for your comments on "the book," I can tell you the Catholic perspective is one can believe the stories as allegories--to teach us something.  For instance, Adam and Eve is a great example about how the humans can take a great situation, not appreciate it, and mess it up--which happens all the time in real life! [/quote]

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