When will people realize that religion is a man-made invention....and is therefore made-up?
969179
It will never happen..Religious people are way to blind to ever question the books that they read...I was raised a catholic and it didnt take long before I started questioning the Bible..The Bible is so contradicting..The story of adam and eve actually have 2 versions in the catholic bible..If you ask a christian why this is they will all tell you that its not true..HELLO read the first few pages you biggots..
429890
that is a wonder to me too, religions, such as the most popualr christianity was invented thousands of years ago and went under many modification, thus protestant, catholic etc.... by some roman or other major ancient empire leader, however, eventually people will come to realize how primitive religion is, compare the significane of religion today with the concept a hundred years ago, back then priests were next to kings and leaders, now ther jus some horny guys wantin to F some kids in church
887672
Religion shaped history but the future belongs to science-the end of organised religion is near.
1132708
Yes, it is the worst thing. All of them. Because of religion, we have had crusades, genocides, suicide bombings, all types of holy war. The concept of god has done more harm to man than the invention of the gun. You do not need a religion to fill the voids. You should use your head. The voids make you think, and those that can't turn to religion. When the cave men could not understand lightning (for example), they made up god, so they could just say "God did it". If you need the voids filled, anyone can do it. I could easily make a myth about how the world works, and it would explain everything, I could just say the creator did it. My creator could by a six headed cat. This would be no more ridiculous than god. Science is the only real explanation, not some cult belief in a fairy tail imaginary friend of the human race that is watching all of us.
387996
one example would be cloning. It ties in both religiously and scientifically because when it comes to religion, only god can make human beings and when it comes to science, it obviously comes to challenge sciences theory. Another would be the creation of anti-matter. This new "weapon" is the most powerfull substance in the world. Just by reading the name you can sort of guess what this stuff is. It a substance that can wipe out unimaginable amount of matter, pretty much everything in this world. The battle between Science and Religion is amazing dude.
819142
Man is doing what comes natural, when he wants to know everything.  That is not odd.  I have yet to meet a studied, religious person that I respect and that is knowledgable, that claims they know it all.  I don't think that is possible.
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Of course "god" is just ideas made up by men -- there is no evidence of any kind that there is a god, and plenty of evidence that all gods have been made up by humans.\n\nThat said, and even though I don't believe any of the god fairy-tales, I don't believe that it is entirely a waste of time.  Religion and devotion to made-up gods have served *some* good purposes throughout history -- giving people hope (false hope, but hope nonetheless) that can ameliorate fear of dying, giving them a moral framework to guide their lives, giving them rituals and associations which make them feel part of a larger "something", whether that's community or the brotherhood of all mankind.  Most of those things aren't bad per se.\n\nThe idea of god can be comforting, helpful, worthwhile.  I get that.  And those things can help fearful people get through their lives -- that's good.\n\nUnfortunately, religion has also been used IN EVERY SINGLE RELIGION to control people, to try to prevent them from questioning their leaders, as an incentive to war against "unbelievers," as a way to keep the masses in line.  Many religious people will brush those abuses aside, saying that the religion is pure but there are just bad people that abuse it...unfortunately, all we have to judge the value of any particular philosophy or "guide to life" is by the outward actions it induces in its followers.  Religion has a horrible track record when it comes to seeing what actions it produces in its followers.  For every "good christian" who selflessly gives to help the needy, there are dozens more who spew hatred, start wars, condemn all who don't believe as they do, and do not follow the teachings of their own religion's founder.  Even the bible says, "by their works shall ye know them" -- that being the case, the "works" produced by those who follow religion can only lead it to be roundly condemned as a terrible guide to living a good life, and as more an incentive to hatred and violence than to anything good.  That a small percentage of religious individuals let their philosophy lead them to good lives doesn't offset the monstrous evil done by the rest of the religious crowd.  On the whole, and judging by the works of its followers, religion has shown itself to be one of the worst guides to peaceful living in the history of the world.  A failed experiment that should be abandoned by anyone who actually thinks and looks at what religion has done.
889892
God is not man made. God is real, but man has very unpleasant opinions of God. Most people notice that God seems to be made in our image, instead of us being made in His. I hate the fact that religion has tainted the name of God so much that people are disgusted by the idea that He even exists. True love -without the abstract principle of justice involved- does not require such stringent protocol. It should not, and does not require one to act in a particular way or do a particular thing. God is absolutely powerful, no? I have heard it said that absolute power demands absolutely nothing. What would the Source of All Things demand of anyone? What would that Source do with Allegiance? What would that Source do with Worship? These are not necessary. God is real, and God is the epitome of love. Unlike man, God demands nothing, and there is no 'justice' that will stand between Him, and His children.
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Religion is man made, and is therefore from a limited perspective of less than infinite knowledge of truth.\n\nPrejudice and bigotry are manifestations of ignorance.\nThey try to divide to gain power due to greed and ignorance as well.\n\nThese should each be serious warnings to those who seek the good, and seek truth.
573920
the bible and all that is written was done in early times by those with wealth and power . it only makes sense to have a cheap labor supply availabe at all times, religions were taylor made to satisfiy the needs of the people and control of there destiny .You don't want labor to question managment.seeing as how there is no creator that is told of yet how can we know if there is a heaven or a hell no one knows for sure it is only blind faith and brain washing that has allowed religion to florish and today educated men question the role of religion in society.and does it have a benifit beyond basic morality that the wealthy ignore in order to continue to create wealth at the hands and minds of the enslaved .creating rules that make doing what you want increasingly difficult and more costly to do .regulatiobs on business in many nations around the worl are taylored to support the government in power at the expense of the working man this includes arrest jail and exicution to prevent men from achieving polarity with-in the community.As only man is in control and not the creator who we have no knowledge of i can say that man in his greed will destroy man .not god who is the creator off all we know.
849136
oh boy, this question is basically calling out the bible fanatics. you're in for at least 10 more answers with people quoting the bible\n\nanyways here is my answer:\nI am not an atheist but I believe that too much is being made of religion. To me there is a god, and it is necessary to pray and be thankful. That's basically it. When religions start going into the bible describing history and all these scripts and all that nonsense, I ask myself "what's the point" I don't mean to offend anyone, but I believe that religion has gone too far. It is simply believing in a supernatural being and acknowledging its presence
1151184
The trouble is religion, not God, but religion, belief in God is fine, as long as man does not try to interfere for gain of wealth and power.
434651
None, it was created by man for several reasons - to control and conquer, to explain things that man can't explain yet, for reasons of hope and to use God to teach moral values.
296635
What is not made by Man ? The Bible, Al Quran, the Tora, all religious Books are written by Human Beings. Many believe the authors of the kind of books you mean to have been inspired by a higher spiritual power when bringing their visions to paper. Others believe and even try to give evidence that's all fake. \nThe best way to find out is to read, probably to study the texts by yourself. A Question like this one is of a different importance than a simple mathematical problem or a grammar problem or a question one may ask you in an educational test. No one living today has seen how these texts were created. So how can anyone give you the answer you are looking for? Do not think you are to young, to stupid, not educated enough to understand by yourself what you need to understand. It may cost you some work, time and stress, for sure, but you will find out better by yourself than anyone else can do for you.
1119467
Has been done already..... religion lost.
1146932
I think you've opened a *huge* can of worms here! But never being one to avoid discussion, I'll dive in......\n\nI agree.\nI think that religion was a device created by early mankind to explain the unexplainable, to create some social order and it was exploited by some people who had various socio-political agendas. \nI'm not denying that many, many people find their religion a source of comfort and I would not deny them their faith. I feel that religion has evolved with time, although some of the dogma has remained in the past.\nI'm sure lots will disagree, but that's just my own tuppenth worth.
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god created man. and man is NOT perfect