is religion a sham!!!!!?
457560
Oh I never realised it was so easy to start a religion!! "Pornonity", here I come..
974027
i feel that the two religions you have pointed out use scare tactics ,,,just as they have always done ,,,,,,making you feel like your worthless and that you will be in some sort of eternal hell if you do not believe LIKE tham ,,,,why people fall for this is beyond me .......i went to many churches as a young person and always left with a bad taste in my mouth ,,,,instead of teaching love ,tolerance ,compassion ,instead of teaching forgiveness all they seem to do is judge and go around in there own little world and think they are RIGHT.but do they live up to the ideals set down by Jesus ?????NO ! \nmuslims have there problems too and some of them [not all of course}actually are so filled with disdain for anyone outside their relgion well ,,,,,,you get the idea .,,,,,,\nthe desire to be RIGHT and then turn it around like they are doing you a favor by expounding there beliefs is pretty gruesome if you ask me ......\npound pound pound /brainwashing -------------------thank goodness i chose to keep an open mind and not go around insisiting people believe like me .........or making them feel sorry or afraid for the way they believe ------------------------------\ni am a spiritualist ,,i  do believe in a  higher spirit ,but my God loves and does not hate or judge ,,,,,,,,
1185133
my sweet friend the terms u have joined r infact comletely different....no religion is manuplated and what is manuplated is not a religion......
232217
I beleive people are trying to find some sort of excuse for everything they do in life, and it is always easy to find some excuse or to blame somebody else. For me, it is really annoying when people put religion in everything they do, regardless of the religion.
536483
I totally agree and I don't think you are downing religion; at least I don't feel you are.  There are religions out there that can terrify little kids, even big kids!  And even I start getting paranoid when people come to my door and spout evil things that are going to happen any time!  There is a time and place for religion and personal beliefs, but pushing it on kids is a bad idea.  Exposing them to your beliefs is one thing, but letting them make their own choice is another.
451461
Trying to make sense of religion is like trying to teach a pig to sing.  Don't waste your time with fairy tales.
190177
That's a bit ignorant of other's religions!!! JEEZ
792090
religion is part of who we are....it is the only thing that can never be "eliminated" as you say. Sorry to know you don't think God is real...
1031202
It is better to keep your religion to yourself.  If you are a believer, great.  Celebrate and practice your faith all you want.  There are lots of people that do not want to hear your "truth".  The world would be a much better place if people learned to keep their religions to themselves.
612671
Nope.\n\nBut man using religion as an excuse sure is.
290206
It's not the religion itself. It's the birdbrains that think God is talking to them and telling them to do idiotic things. They're found in all religions.
527339
I think it is interesting to look into other beliefs.\n\nI see so many people put down other religions and they don't even bother to know the others thoughts and tenets. How is that right or fair?\nIt seems the height of arrogance to put down other religions when you truly only know what you've seen on TV. \nOpen up a book, at least!\nThen , that way, if you still have issues, at least you can make an intelligent and coherent argument.
1076352
Who says its a medieval lie?  You?  How do you know?  Were you there?  Why should we believe you instead of the church?   Your question is loaded, making it moot.  If you are so convinced Christian faith is a lie why are you concerned about it at all.  You should move on to other things you probably know more about,  like american idol, rap music, gay sex, drugs and booze.  Leave critical thought to those of us that give a damn.
341558
Seems to me that you also believe something blindly and narrowly... that you are right. Isn't that the real problem? That most people have deeply felt beliefs and believe they are right, and have a hard time tolerating others with different views? Your opinion and decisions about religions, our origins, and so on are valid, but so are mine. You speak of religious people being narrow minded, and refer to people like yourself as broad-minded. But, isn't it narrow minded to label any one group of people? You are saying that you don't like having a religious person's views imposed on you. But, in the same breath, you impose your beliefs on us, and label "anyone believing" as unfulfilled, and unintelligent. How exactly does that make sense? Since the group you are speaking of (religious people) is a group I belong to, perhaps I should enlighten you by letting you know that I'm not imposing my beliefs on anyone. I'm am quite ready to talk to those who would listen or have questions, and I am quite ready to listen to others. Do I believe blindly and narrowly? Well, if I didn't believe 100% in my God, that would make me a hypocrite who is wasting my time. If that says to you that I am either blind or narrow, then so be it. But you might consider that our time on earth may be better spent discussing issues without judgment - oh, but wait, Jesus told us not to judge, so I guess that won't work, huh?
205475
Your question is totally absurd and why not post it the category of Society and Culture under the Religions ditty?  No person can know the answer to the absurd questions you have asked due to lacking some serious facts and clear definitions.  What that imagined junk is all about is some nonsensical set of randomly selected beliefs and myths which have no basis in fact/s.  You have but taken some lazy-brained way for canceling or negating your concrete reasoning by foolishly loading your brain with absurd and extremely vague beliefs which you have embraced in a go-nowhere manner and in most basic psychological terms that is labled 'Chorea Lasciva' in that the 'disease' is the same in adults as are in children in that they belive a thing which can not be deemed truthful and factual.  Cannot persons of your bent see the nonsensical nature of building some silly belief system or pseudo mental structure as oppossed to a more useful real-based mental system which employs the use of concrete facts and valid data.  Why waste your short lifetime pondering silly concoctions which cannot be proved nor disproved since all premises derived from beliefs and non-definitional terms and words are useless?  You do not believe that 2+2=4 because you know that 2+2=4 and that is a called a 'KNOWN,' and, that is distinctly different than a belief and what better use of your time could you be doing?  I'm not being rude nor crude since I but endeavor to clear this with you for you own sake and probably those around you who suffer the ongoing nausia in order to endure you for their other ulterior motives, while too quite possibly my answering your questions in such an articulated manner has added the option for you to genuinely start getting your facts straightened and sorted from your mental junk.  Beliefs go to the left as if stinking of the scent of sh!t and facts go to the right as truths.  Now since you have carefully done your sorting the skill comes from not mixing the sh!t with the Honey, since even the wee-wee portion of sh!t mixed-in the honey ruins it.  THINK ABOUT IT!  I've used the symbol 'sh!t' as nothing more than a lable for all that is not real and true.  No vulgarness intended.    The silly one's' do not know where they are going and I do know where I'm going and that's the morgue and nothingness.  Celebrate your life.  Have a nice day with clearer thinking.
221460
no. its all sham/bogey/false
1023319
there are inconsistencies and flaws in every religion---religions were made up by men---men are by nature inconsistant and flawed-----but some people think their religion is better than others and will exploit flaws and such in other peoples beliefs ,while ignoring the flaws and inconsistencies in their own religion-----blind adoration and ignorance = bliss----and all religions are just theories anyway---i,d like to see someone prove that their beliefs are any more a valid theory than evolution---and by proof --i don,t mean -mindlessly quoting the bible----all religious books were written by men---men lie--men exagerate---men will write about things they don,t understand-and other men will blindly follow-----sprinkle a few truths in with the lies and even an intellegent man will believe!!