Fairy tales - Religion is bullshit

My favorite topic. The story about the imaginary guy in the sky. The story that killed the most people in the history of human kind. The story that doesnt make any sense but people still blindly accept it. My God is called George Carlin and I am going to start this post with one of his quotes: "When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullshit story. Holy Shit!" I was born in Serbia where Orthodox Christian is the dominant religion. I was an Orthodox Christian until I reached the age of common sense. Then I started using my own head and I realized that it is all bullshit! Not just Christianity, every religion in the world is bullshit.

Let me separate two things right away - faith and religion. I dont have anything against faith, against the belief that there is something or someone that created us, our planet, the universe... But guess what? I dont know what it is or who it is, and neither do you. Nobody knows! There is no evidence for the existence of God, heaven, hell... If anyone can provide any evidence, I am willing to accept them! So please if you can prove that there is God, enlighten me with your knowledge. All of my research related to religion leads to one conclusion - there is no God. Because of that I have a huge problem with organized religion. This is not my attempt to copy the pretty boy from Youtube and his cute little poem. That guy is saying how he hates religion but he loves Jesus. The video is made so little girls can fall in love with him, post the link on Facebook with million hearts in the description followed by a very cute statement that looks similar to this: "Omg he says everything I wanted to say, I love my buddy Jesus." If you listen carefully to what the guy is saying, you will realize that he actually wants to say how he hates religion and loves Christianity (Jesus). The last time I checked Christianity is an organized religion, so his whole poem doesnt make any sense. But it is a good marketing move, so I give him props for that.

Now give me a little time to explain why I think religion is bullshit. I am absolutely convinced that the greatest source of hatred in the world is religion. Religion does three things quite effectively: divides people, controls people, deludes people. Most of the religions in the world were invented in the time when people didnt have the answers for natures ways. They couldnt explain why it rained, why it snowed, why people died, why earthquakes happened etc. So the easiest thing to do is to think that there is someone up in the skies doing all those things. They even thought the Earth is flat back then. So how can you believe a book that is written by people that lived in the time where people didnt even know that the Earth is not flat? Those people know all the answers about how the world was created, they give you the rules by which you have to live your life, but they dont even know that the planet their God created is round? You think God would give them a hint that the Earth is round? Gods in the ancient time were created to explain the things that couldnt be explained. But with all the technology and science available now, all those questions can be answered. The thing that pisses me the most about religious people is their arrogance when it comes to existence of God. I cant be 100% sure that there is no God, but I havent found one single proof that there is one. No one in the history of the world found it. So when I question the existence of God people get mad at me. They get offended. But they absolutely no shred of evidence for any of their claims. They think they got it all figured out, but they got no evidence whatsoever. That is arrogance! If you question their God they get offended, but think about this... If you say you saw an UFO people would think you are crazy, right? There is more evidence that there is life on other planets than there is evidence about the existence of God. So you are crazy if you saw an UFO, but you are completely sane if you believe in God? That is paradox. I just cant believe that any religion is still alive today. If any half-intelligent person studied any religion, they would come to a conclusion that it is all bullshit. None of it makes any sense, but people still believe it. Why? Because they were raised to believe it. If you tell kids that Jesus, or Allah, or Buddha is their God they will believe it. My girlfriend told me a few days ago that a little girl she is babysitting was singing a song called "I love Jesus." She learned the song in her school. Kids are being manipulated from early age so they can become religious later in life. When they are very young they are forced into thinking that there is God and that Jesus Christ is his son. It is an easy way to manipulate and control people. If you examined Christianity a little bit you would find that most of the things described in the Bible are just copied from other religions. Son of God, virgin that gave birth, Star in the East, December 25th, 12 disciples, preformed miracles, crucified, dead for 3 days, resurrected... It is all copied from some other religions: Horus - Egyptian God, Attis - Greek God, Krishna - God of India, Dionysis - Greek God, Mithra- God of Persia etc. If you want to learn more about this watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZgT1SRcrKE This is what they dont teach you in schools people.

My previous post was about war and the biggest killer in the history of human kind is religion. With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. Since the ancient times people have been basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend. History teaches us that no other cause has brought more death than religion. Almost every war in history is related to religion. That is the number one reason why I despise it. It makes people so blind, that they are even ready to kill people in the name of God. It is similar to what governments around the world do with their soldiers - they brainwash them into thinking that they are fighting an enemy. Little kids are being brainwashed by religious parents from early age, and no wonder we have so many people believing all the lies that religion brings along. Religion is the biggest reason why our planet is still not civilized. It is making the whole human kind blind. Humans are slaves of their religion and until that changes we will never be able to move to the next stage of civilization. As long as people believe in their imaginary friend there will be no progress. Technology and science are the only things that can bring us there. When you have a headache you can pray that it goes away and nothing would happen. But you can take a pill created by scientist and the pain will go away.

What is a prayer anyways? I never understood that concept. You pray to your imaginary friend, and if he thinks that you deserve it, he will answer your prayer? It sounds very very stupid to me. You know why it is stupid? Because it doesnt work! I laugh when people say "I will pray for someone." How about you do something to help the people who need help? When someone is sick, you think your prayers will help them? Or the doctors? The doctors who are using science to cure people? Praying is just there to keep people satisfied with themselves, because they think they can really make a difference by doing it. Suppose your prayers aren't answered. What do you say? "Well, it's God's will." Fine, but if its God's will, and He's going to do what He wants to anyway, why would you bother praying in the first place? Seems like a big waste of time to me! If all the time that is being spent on praying is used to help people and really follow the commandments that your religion preaches world would be a better place. Instead of praying for someone to get to their destination safely, we could spend time to make cars safer and make the roads safer. Instead of praying for your friend or a family member that is in the military to come back home safe, we could stop killing people for religious reasons? Or how about we start using the science and technology that is available to find cure for diseases, instead of praying for people to get better?

Christianity, along with all other theistic belief systems, is the fraud of the age. It serves to detach the species from the natural world, and likewise, each other. It supports blind submission to authority. And that is why it is still present to this day. It empowers those who know the truth, so they can manipulate and control societies. The religious myth is the most powerful device ever created. And as long as there is religious people on this planet, our civilization cannot reach its potential. There will always be people that hate the members of other religions. There will always be people that are ready to kill in the name of God. If there was no religion we would not have those problems. Two hands working together can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer.

I started this post with George Carlin' quote so I am going to end it with one too: "I want you to know something, this is sincere, I want you to know, when it comes to believing in God, I really tried. I really, really tried. I tried to believe that there is a God, who created each of us in His own image and likeness, loves us very much, and keeps a close eye on things. I really tried to believe that, but I gotta tell you, the longer you live, the more you look around, the more you realize, something is fucked up. Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed. Results like these do not belong on the résumé of a Supreme Being. This is the kind of shit you'd expect from an office temp with a bad attitude. And just between you and me, in any decently-run universe, this guy would've been out on his all-powerful ass a long time ago." Amen!!!