[Tiwaz]

Originally Posted by Ydiss

Religion was created when humans were very unevolved and very rustic. It was created when we were ignorant of many forces and realities.

We are still ignorant of many forces and realities. Thinking we are not is being naïve. Wo do not know all. I personally believe we're not even close. I also believe the human mind is capable of so much more than we know of at this time. We will evolve further. Too bad I will not be around the next 100,000,000 years. Maybe we (mankind) will not even survive that long.

Originally Posted by Ydiss

Since we have learnt more and more about how we are, what we are made of and how we work, religious people still believe that we and every single atom on this planet (and I suppose the whole universe) were created by one immortal man that no one has ever seen. A man with a beard and who wears robes and lives on another plane.

Oh come on...

Why generalize religion? Surely you are being sarcastic about the robe and beard, that's what they tell children.


And like I said before, many words are very relative to man. The 'universe' for example. The definition of universe is everything. Things, places that are not discovered yet are not part of that universe. According to science, God might not exist. Thus not part of the universe. Science also says: The universe has an edge. We don't know what happens on the edge. Only thing we know is that it is expanding at the edge. It expands into the 'thing' that not exists yet. And becomes part of the universe. Nothing turns into part of the everything. Does that mean the nothing did not exist until then? But if didn't exist, how could it become something?

Things like this are the reason for the existence of religion. A zillion years ago it was because we did not understand what a thunderstorm was all about (and even nowadays we can not completely comprehend and predict the nature of a thunderstorm), at this moment it is because we do not understand the universe. What's next? We don't even understand eachother.

And, okay then, we're back to the basis of religion: Faith. Whether you like it or not: Everybody is a believer. Either you believe in a God/higher being/etc. or you don't believe. A disbeliever? No. You're not sure are you? So you are a believer too. You believe there's nothing there. Believe because you can not be sure.

For me personally, I like a mix. I tend to be more scientific than religious. But there is also a place for religion in my life. But it is my own personal religion. I don't need a church to tell me what is wrong or right. Like pest said, the church is corrupt. Because of the humans who run it.