Why Religion Does more Harm than Good in the World

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[@trafficjon400]

Well, we sure wouldn't want both attacking our Brain but it happens !! but, God the Omnicient loving caring God Creates this hell for no Damn reason! simply to add on to Give Humans a Hell before the firey burning Hell. the later Jesus Created the lake of eternal fire after God wanted to forgive us Said Apostle Paul . Jesus decides this for even a worse stupid mistake us humans some day will wake to f up on! Jesus forgives murder steeling lying Raping all that shit can be forgiven with believing !! but, the horrible all gross disgusting unforgivable horrible sin is simply being skeptical because of all the Absurdities.

[@trafficjon400]

30 years of SDA and the great disapointment in 1844 should have waken the SDA IDIOTS UP but, they did something even stupider reverses making christians dumber instead. WHY JESUS!!! AND IF YOUR REAL YOU BETTER HEAR THIS!!!! WITH A "PLEASE" SO YOU DON'T TURN PHSYCHOTIC ON ME FOR SIMPLY BEING HONEST. You said you would as I was whole hearted for you at my best ability but, you Simply play HIDE AND SEEK. insanly I still talk to you!! 🤔is it madness and reality say's YES!!!! not funny iether when, 6 billion are doing just the same prayer as I. I never wanted or tried on purposse to MOCK you . A-MEN or ALL-MEN to control the masses show me a difference wityhout a tree or going phsycho on a Olive tree thats out of season. is this Mocking you ? No, its a fact and why you did this baffuls brains to skepticalism.

[@anthonymorris5084]

Religion literally promotes irrationality.

[@julians9763]

Very true. We don't need it in a Secular society.

[@bobgreenfield9158]

You are good if you believe lies! Thou shall not think clearly! Be stupid, and believe bogus stories!

[@oldschoolman1444]

No critical thinking required.

[@dinard38]

@@oldschoolman1444Right. No critical thinking required. Ever! I always say that anyone that can believe a bible story like Noah’s Ark is out of their freaking minds. Totally impractical, impossible, illogical, and anyone capable of critical thinking would instantly see that.

[@gregsanich5183]

@@dinard38 you realize that christianity fully recognizes biblical stories like Noah's ark or the garden of eden to be entirely analogous parables and in no way believe those to he literal historical accounts. It's only the crazy fringe fundamentalists that believe in that nonsense. The catholic, orthodox, and most mainstream protestant faiths certainly don't. ....

[@emigrator08]

Gods don't create people, people create gods.

[@marvelfanpage5573]

All make believe

[@BillyBike416]

Atheist philosopher Luc Ferry asserts that human rights stem from the Judeo-Christian idea that each human is made in the image of God, and therefore has dignity and rights.

[@user-k4d-e59mo28oc]

@@BillyBike416 Don't know about you, but I admire, respect, trust Thales, Socrates, Aristotle, Zeno, Pyyrho, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Bruno, Locke, Jefferson, Adams, Madison, Voltaire, Rousseau, Hume; and NOT Desert Megalomaniacs, Voodoo Priests, Rednecks, Cool Dudes, Scammers and Swindlers.

[@user-k4d-e59mo28oc]

@@BillyBike416 *Psalm 23:1* "The Lord is my shepherd, I [a mere sheep] have everything I needed." *Romans 1:1* "Paul, a _bondservant_ of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God." *Ephesians 6:5-7* _"SLAVES,_ obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as *SLAVES* of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.” *Revelation 2:16* “Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the SWORD of my mouth.” *Matthew 10:34-35* “Do NOT suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a *SWORD.* For I have come to turn a man _against_ his father, a daughter *against* her mother, a daughter-in-law AGAINST her mother-in-law."

[@WolfoxxReacts]

I believe in a future where we will be free of the parasite of religion once and for all.

[@leonardgibney2997]

Organized religions are political movements pure and simple about power and control. Their clergymen don gaudy robes and convince you they represent God, that's power. Tell you you're a sinner so that you're in thrall to them and need them for redemption, job done. And don't think you can escape their clutches by living a chaste and pure life, they've got original sin to cover that, a sin you committed before you were born!

[@gregsanich5183]

Right, but having no means or apparatus for asserting any degree of compliance or enforcement, and all participation being completely voluntary, isnt powerful at all is it? .....that's actualy not any power at all really.

[@SamuelBlack84]

​@@gregsanich5183Their power is what others give them through others in high places or the fear given to them by their followers

[@hectormata449]

@@gregsanich5183your ignorance of history I appalling. The cult of Christianity began to spread not just with those cobbled together Iron Age books inspired by delusional Jewish soothsayers but also with the conquering sword. And the sword was a more convincing method of conversion than anything written in those seldom fully explained books to the illiterate and barely eking a living peasants who were easy prey to the missionaries anyway.

[@leoinsf]

Young people refuse to enter a church after they leave the family nest! They are not fearful about themselves like their parents! Christianity is a movement to make humankind subservient! Our churches are party to this and should be ashamed!

[@tknciliba4743]

Religion is a moral standard that one chooses to live by. No compelsion. Countries have laws that we must abide too even though we do not agree with the law. Now that you are compelled to live by. Religion does not save you. Only the blood of Jesus can save you. Abraham, Enoch walked with God without religion. God wants a relationship with you. I agree 200% totally with you on the Catholics version of religion. Jesus removed religious based worship and put the focus on each human having a relationship with God.

[@arnolddavies6734]

I often wonder how much different the world would be without religion.

[@jameschapman6559]

As a former Evangelical Christian, bible College student and bible teacher for many years. My life would have been so much more exciting and awesome without all the toxicity that Christianity places on it's followers (shot answer). However, I can honestly say, that my life is so much better without god or any religion.

[@gregsanich5183]

It's a pretty safe bet that earth would be an irradiated barren dystopian wasteland, life having long ago wiped itself out.

[@elopez142]

San Francisco

[@jackstange6219]

@@gregsanich5183 its is pretty safe to assume that that is completely wrong

[@gregsanich5183]

@@jackstange6219 how so?

[@4dojo]

I agree, indoctrinating children with religion is more often than not child abuse. I grew up in a religious Christian home and by the time I was 5 years old I was having panic attacks trying to follow the Bible correctly and fearing hell. That lasted me most of my life until I went to college and started realizing all of the holes in my religion. I nearly did some things that I can't say on KZbin, but simply put college did more than just give me a fancy degree, it also saved my life by opening my eyes.

[@gregsanich5183]

I 100% agree. After suffering my own expirience of growing up being indoctrinated I van testify to that. Parents have no right to force their beliefs and values on their children. .....and parents certainly can't be trusted to teach their children the proper beliefs and values as determined by the state. It's the states responsibility to instill those proper values and beliefs in children. Not the parents. .......I know in Canada we have had some success with this, by utilizing residential schools.

[@4dojo]

@@gregsanich5183 I agree with that mostly, but I think that more than anything parents and governments should work together to teach children to reason objectively for themselves. Governments can be wrong and parents can be wrong, but at the very least they can both teach each individual person how to reason for themselves with the evidence available to them. Rather than tell what to believe from a young age.

[@technicianbis5250-ig1zd]

​@@gregsanich5183 Children have no right to live in their parents home and not follow the rules.

[@technicianbis5250-ig1zd]

​@@gregsanich5183 "And parents can't be trusted" Spoken like a true communist. Stalin the butcher would have been proud of you.

[@technicianbis5250-ig1zd]

​@@4dojo "I agree with that" Cause you do, like your little minded mate commenting before you, you also love communism till they take away your home. Why is it refugees from communist countries run to the west I wonder?

[@Ex_christian]

There is NO HATE like Christian love!

[@gru2671]

Well, then helping poor people and funding orphanages must be evil

[@MGR1900]

So you must be a Christian then.

[@Ex_christian]

@@gru2671 I don’t see Christin groups doing much, which is why all religions should be taxed! Even here in Utah, we have to have a Food Bank, Homeless shelters, etc because the Christians do none of that! Even the Mormons only help those who will be subservient to them, it’s disgusting!

[@ConwayBob]

@@gru2671 -- People help the poor and fund orphanages because they are good people. Whether they believe in magical beings or not is a separate issue.

[@Ex_christian]

@@gru2671 ALL churches should be taxed when they do not open up their buildings to the homeless, etc. like they should! Here in Utah, we have the Utah Food Bank and homeless shelters because the religions DO NOTHING! People helping is good, but religion does no good!

[@darthvirgin7157]

“we feel PERSECUTED when we can’t PERSECUTE everyone else.”-christian nationalist.

[@thegametroll6264]

They want the freedom to rob everyone else of their autonomy.

[@StandOnGuard4Thee]

Very well said

[@scotthullinger4684]

Uh, no. Those who get persecuted are indeed the Christians, and not those who constantly fight against Christians and against religion in general. Christian nationalists are activists, but they don't constantly raise hell just like the atheists constantly do. The overarching GOAL of atheists is to constantly and permanently silence any theist in existence.

[@juliandicks6822]

Christianity is a religion, not a nation...

[@darthvirgin7157]

@@juliandicks6822 try and tell that to american evangelicals.

[@ZangariRC]

Religion was mankind's inevitable search for a justified existence where there is none.

[@thewb8329]

Meaning is was we make it for ourselves. Why is meaning supposed to be from an external source in order for it to be valid?

[@julians9763]

@@thewb8329 It should not. It is up to us to know the meaning of our existence without asking an invisible entity in the sky or theocrats who act as though they have special pipelines to this mind invented entity.

[@d.f.9064]

And used to explain what is not known. Science kills God.

[@toughenupfluffy7294]

Many religious people claim that their sole purpose is to worship god. Mental slavery, I call it.

[@JamesRichardWiley]

Religion is belief and submission to man made gods. At no time do these thousands of gods ever make an appearance in the reality that surrounds those who believe in them.

[@josevil1513]

Religion is poisoned to humanity. Its full of idiocy.

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

I believe God exists notwithstanding religion. My choice is to believe that something must exist on account that something ( at least you and I ) exist , or that you, I and the Universe came from nothing. These, it seems to me, are the only two options. It seems to me, then, that something came from absolutely nothing (which is the very definition of Magic ) or that something must necessarily exist ( which is the very defintition of God ). Which, then, do you believe in ?: God, or Magic ?

[@josevil1513]

@@dogwithwigwamz.7320 magic

[@alreyindustries]

Have you ever heard of a guy named Jesus Christ?

[@JimCastleberry]

Do chemicals cause the correct delusions in your soulless atheist head?

[@josephbelisle5792]

It is worse than mild. Much worse. Children are born innocent. They engage in life as they grow. They learn about how we need to deal with each other as time goes on. They need great care. They come to understand this. They are at the mercy of adults. Then the religious hit them with death and hell. Learning of death through religion is painful. Not natural. You are told what you have learned so far is untrue and that the world isnt what all of your experience tells you it is. It is highly traumatic. You may not remember it but it was. Then they tell you about hell. Even if not directly, it is talked about. You at least pick up on it if no one directly tells you. And so much worse if someone tells you directly. You are told what you have learned is wrong. It cant be trusted. You are told things you had no idea existed and frankly are very suspicious of as they are horrible to hear, are true. That if you and those you love dont follow this strange way of thinking will burn for all eternity when you die. Its about that death thing too. Your psyche, your identity, is pummelled by horrific concepts that go against your best judgments. The fear of death and eternal torture is put into your mind. By your caretakers. And they call it love. This is incredibly painful and traumatic. Why do so many people do so many bad things? Especially for faith. Because they were traumatized and told wrong is right. Evil is good. How we are born and exist is bad. We truamatize the minds and identities of our children and believe fictional stories and gods as justification for it. Why do school children kill their peers for being LGBTQ? Because of nature? Or because they were traumatized repeatedly by their caregivers and have been led to violent action against those they carry prejudice against? Religion bludgeons the minds and identities of children to become fertile soil for atrocities. Look at Isreal. Committing genocide based upon trauma and fiction. If you look at anyone and everyone of those in Isreal commiting these crimes, you will find early childhood trauma. It is not exclusive to religion, but it is a required pattern in religion. Get them while they are young. They admit this. They know if they can indoctrinate them young enough you will have a faithful follower for life. This is the result of trauma indoctrination. It is a crime against humanity. The religious call it parental rights. I call it for what it is, a crime against humanity.

[@jeffreyerwin3665]

TL, DNR.

[@FireFly969]

I think with religion or with no religion we will die.

[@eddybowe2953]

And there is no hell in the bible, it is called purgatory. Why christians get this wrong, they never read it.

[@GOATEditz204]

I was born in a religious family, and that literally never happened

[@paulvoas3328]

Not a worm, like an ‘ear worm’’ a song you can’t get out of your head. ‘Religion is the opiate of society.’ This has held humanity back for sure following these cults.

[@Kamehaiku]

I'm thankful everyday when I realized religion was destroying my future.

[@alreyindustries]

Death is in everyone’s future… How do you plan on dealing with that?

[@alkutera]

@@alreyindustries “If it means my death, I don't care, because even death will be a sort of freedom.” - Catherine Fisher

[@alreyindustries]

@@alkutera if Christianity is true, it will not be freedom. If atheism is true, it will be ceasing to exist. Is that freedom? You would rather not exist than exist?

[@anthonymorris5084]

@@alreyindustries It has nothing to do with choice. Would I choose to go to a magical place of happiness upon death, sure. Would I choose to have 10 million dollars fly into my window over the next 2 minutes, sure.

[@Nicholas.610]

@@alreyindustries I guarantee you that when it happens it's the same for everyone- non-existence. No fantasies like heaven or paradise. We will be where we were before we were born, we weren't.

[@MustafaBaabad]

The most dangerous effort for freedom is the happy slaves that enjoy their condition on slavery.

[@gregsanich5183]

Good thing that christianity abolished slavery here in the west centuries ago then isnt it.

[@toni4729]

You're talking about Christians, muslims, and Jews in that order.

[@gregsanich5183]

@@toni4729 the only thing exclusive to christianity about slavery is the abolition of it.

[@toni4729]

@@gregsanich5183 When it started EVERYONE WAS A CHRISTIAN. Have you forgotten that? Oh, it seems you have.

[@gregsanich5183]

@@toni4729 Lol. Is that what you think? That's completely wrong. The institution of slavery is as old as civilization itsrlf. It was around many thousands of years before christianity ever existed. It wasn't until christianity finaly established that the practice was objectively immorral that it was eventualy abolished. Like I said before: the only thing exclusive to christianity about slavery is the abolition of it.

[@astridsandriesser4232]

Wow, everbody should at least listen to this... I live in Italy, where everybody is catholic, but I was brought up fundamental baptist. I still don't know till this day how I never talked to my children about god and the bible... my intuition stopped me, and I am so happy, i didn't!!! I finally see religion for what it is: a manipulation to control our minds! So glad, I am free....

[@Herbertl_Lee]

You brought up fundamental Baptist mean nothing and I have to ask what you really think is a Christian. Most people just claim they are Christian and have no idea what it really means.

[@astridsandriesser4232]

@@Herbertl_Lee My mom is the best example of a 'so called born again christian'. She knows the bible inside out but she is more critical and judgemental than any other non beliver... if she truely follwed the teachings of jesus, I probably would consider believing. In my opinion made up religions because of control...

[@Herbertl_Lee]

@@astridsandriesser4232 And that is not Christian my friend that Pharisee lol I am sure you know what it is.... I agree a lot of people use religion as a tool and other reasons. But that doesn't mean religion is bad. You see what I am saying 🤔

[@astridsandriesser4232]

I don't need a label; i can do good to others, love unconditionaly, teach love and not hate and violence to my children by example... I don't need religious doctrines or a so called word of god, that is absolutly man made.... i still believe that there a god

[@Herbertl_Lee]

@@astridsandriesser4232 And that is not Christian my friend that Pharisee lol I am sure you know what it is.... I agree a lot of people use religion as a tool and other reasons. But that doesn't mean religion is bad. I do feel sorry what you going through....

[@mm-qj6cc]

Love this. I don't believe in this man-made god. Religion, politics are 2 peas in a poop!

[@julians9763]

I strongly agree with you. There are places where we can say " Put an end to religion ". And there are places we can put politics in its place because we voted and we pay taxes and bills. It is better when you are not in the appropriate places, to avoid any topic involving religion and politics, since they cause hostility and beyond.

[@MarianneHMiettinen]

"Politics" word was originally coined by Aristotle, and meant things related to city, or basically how to manage a city.

[@julians9763]

@@MarianneHMiettinen I agree with your comment and how Aristotle coined the word "politics". Yet too many people in politics don't seem to manage the problems of a nation well, and they are paid high wages.

[@dimebag108]

Where are you now when we need you most, Christopher Hitchens?

[@harshwardhansingh6433]

hell

[@warren52nz]

It's telling that no one has been able to logically refute what is being presented in this video. All they do is tap dance all around it with excuses, empty promises and unsubstantiated threats.

[@Jerrythebatman]

I agree 100% with religion being a mild form of child abuse since i delt with that most of my life as a Jehovah's Witness and the reasons for my lack of trust and my social anxiety. Telling a child if you do X or Y that you won't make it thru Armageddon or not letting a child be a part of bdays or holidays and making them an outcast is abuse. Telling any child any of this is disgusting especially when they themselves can't answer a question i asked when i was 8.

[@karlschmied6218]

I wouldn't call this form of child abuse "mild" .

[@boardtodeath46]

I’m sorry you went through that. I had a few friends in school who went through similar experiences. I’m so sorry

[@leoinsf]

@@karlschmied6218 Jehovah Witnesses are enslaved people!

[@krembryle]

I was in a dorm with a girl who was Christian and studying to be a biology teacher. She literally knew less about biology than I, a math major. She presented her "facts" with great confidence, so people who didn't study biology believed whatever she said. She had great pride in being knowledgeable in her field, so imagine her dissapointment when I, a non bio major, corrected her on her "facts"(we always googled the answer when we disagreed in something). I am honestly sorry for the children she will be teaching. Not only because she lacks in intelligence but also because she has an EQ of a rock. She judged everyone who wasn't "normal" according to her standard which means she will be extra cruel to the gay, autistic etc children and to children of different ethnicities too.

[@Jerrythebatman]

@@boardtodeath46 ty I've good now took a bit to get out of the mindset but now Halloween and Xmas are my favorite holidays lol just sucks that the rest of my family still follow that crap

[@johnmaisonneuve9057]

Wonderful post! We need more criticism of faith which does great harm.

[@Herbertl_Lee]

Hmm, perhaps you have no idea where is you science coming from. Atheist is not about science, atheist is agnostic with hate 😅

[@gregsanich5183]

100%, those are the ones that give the rest of them a bad name.

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

Allow me to assure you that my personal faith will never do you any harm. Or, to put it another way my faith will no more likely do you harm as whatever it is you believe will do harm to me.

[@johnmaisonneuve9057]

@@dogwithwigwamz.7320 Pure unaltered nonsense. You are extremely foolish and ignorant.

[@kevinx7015]

Faith in what? If whatever it is one has faith in is believed to have a better eternal outcome for each of us and if that thing or being one had that type of faith in true, then how is that harmful? How is choosing to follow in faith a loss of free will when it takes free will to do that in the first place?

[@EdwardHaren-zp6re]

In 2002 I was pronounced clinically brain dead, not near death experience. I experienced death and I have full authority in saying there was no God nor heaven no devil and no hell, all there was , is the memory of coming back. That's it.

[@wread1982]

Same here, I got knocked out cold for 3 days from a fall off a barn and it was just blackness the whole time and I woke up three days later in the hospital

[@jounisuninen]

How could you remember if there was no God nor heaven no devil and no hell if you were brain dead?

[@dorkception2012]

@@jounisuninen Are you serious?

[@EdwardHaren-zp6re]

@@jounisuninen how did I reverse an irreversible diagnosis? From point A riding my motorcycle to point B waking up in the hospital only memory I have is waking back up. Don't remember the accident but everything else I remember. And there was nothing of the sort, it says in the Bible we will experience our own death once. I experienced it. All that was there was me waking up.

[@rainydaytodayey3071]

The definition of being brain dead: Brain death is the permanent, irreversible, and complete loss of brain function which may include cessation of involuntary activity necessary to sustain life. You sir are either a liar or an idiot!

[@daxleone]

In this age of information, ignorance and stupidity are a choice ... soon the world will no longer tolerate nor accept ignorance and stupidity, and all religion shall vanish 😇

[@carrotbrainYT]

What do you think about Buddhism?

[@daxleone]

@@carrotbrainYT I study Buddhism every now and again, but for truth and reality, I go inside myself for the answers

[@carrotbrainYT]

@@daxleone great👍 that's how things should be,be your own light👍

[@daxleone]

@@carrotbrainYT The world would be a whole lot better if more people didn't rely on something outside of themselves 😇

[@carrotbrainYT]

@@daxleone yeah maybe

[@bradleyadams9430]

Faith is the most dangerous concept ever invented by humans Education Critical thinking Empathy

[@Herbertl_Lee]

Love is supernatural, which means that it exists as both consequence and miracle. Sound like really dangerous 😊

[@SextusHempiryk]

@@Herbertl_Lee wut ya babblin about?

[@julians9763]

Faith belongs to the people who want to be the brainwashed and ignorant sheeple.

[@gregsanich5183]

Not really, the amount of faith a person has in something that can't be certain, is simply a measure of the degree of confidence that person has in it, or of how convinced they are based on whatever logic, reason, evidence or experience they have available to them. To have faith in something without any logical reason, evidence, or experiences to support it, is distinctly & specifically referred to as having 'blind' faith. .... the monocur 'blind' illustrates the lack of evidence for having said confidence in it.

[@derreckwalls7508]

​@@Herbertl_Lee Love is supernatural? How so? Are jealousy and frustration supernatural too? There's nothing supernatural about our brain chemistry, our thoughts, or our emotions - we have a good idea how they interact. We have drugs that can artificially highten our sensation of love, help alleviate anxiety, or promote sleep, and none of them are doing anything supernatural. Then there's the emotions of fear and intolerance engendered by religion. How are they not dangerous?

[@bipolarbear9917]

Chris Hitchens, simply gold!

[@davidh6300]

Yes!

[@WolfoxxReacts]

No more religion! I am sick of it...

[@colin_curtin]

Religion made my best friend since third grade say disgusting evil things to me about me burning in hell while he’s in heaven.. when i criticized his religion he was so butthurt that he hates me now and thinks I should apologize to god

[@jounisuninen]

It's always sad when people mix religions and Lord Jesus. There are hundreds of religions but only one Lord Jesus. Even Christianity doesn't help you more than any other religion. Only Lord Jesus has the power to change your soul to a new creation.

[@dorkception2012]

@@jounisuninen "There are hundreds of religions but only one Lord Jesus" Proof?

[@ConwayBob]

@@jounisuninen -- Yes, and the vast majority of those hundreds of religions are full of people who believe that there is only one true religion, and it always turns out to be theirs. Strange how that happens.

[@robsmith6215]

I totally agree, but the challenge is what can we do to REPLACE religion for mostly non-critical thinkers? You can see the allure of being religious despite its history of immoral aggressions…..The church provides a supportive community for the lonely…….peoples blind faith provides them Hope……Prayer gives them someone(yourself) to talk to (yourself) especially during high stress moments. It’s quite easy to see that happening in the rural areas where living is in a bubble world, as a young boy I lived that, unless you start really questioning things you will continue to live that way. Unfortunately in small towns most will be sheep and follow the religious crowds.

[@gregsanich5183]

I think you'll find the data we have on this clearly reveals that the moral aggressions we see throughout human history only ever increased exponentially when a society manages to eliminate religion entirely. All of the examples we have from history produced truly horrific and terrible results.

[@Herbertl_Lee]

What make you think religion people don't believe in science. You can only concluded that atheist don't believe in Religion. You don't even need science to proof that, just look it up in your dictionary 😂

[@karlschmied6218]

@@gregsanich5183 So you think religion is the lesser evil or even a good solution? Do you have to keep people in check with religious threats because they are fundamentally immoral (or sinful, as Christians say)? I think that's not true. I think that enlightened people who are not met with fear are not prone to monstrosities. There is enough data and observations to support this. The examples of Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, etc. that are mentioned again and again cannot be generalized. These guys manipulated people who were not enlightened or who could be described as mature, but who had been intimidated from an early age by religious and/or secular authoritarianism. Dictators of all kinds thrive on people who grew up in authoritarian or neglectful environments.

[@AntitheistHuman]

​@@Herbertl_Leeis this your first time on the internet mate? Are you telling me you've never seen the crowds of theists denying evolution because they think it affects their religious belief, not to mention the ones who think the Earth is 6,000 years old, and what about the ones who think a prophet went to the moon on a flying horse and broke the moon in half, this is the perspective of literally too many religious people

[@Herbertl_Lee]

@@AntitheistHumanFirst of all you will see any people and with the help of the algorithm you will see them alot more often lol. The one you mention doesn't sound like a theist but more like a maniac. I think you are able to distinguish the difference. If you don't want to debate that's fine but please use your critical thinking before you give me an example....

[@rey_savage]

I have faith that religion will become nothing but a historical lesson

[@carrotbrainYT]

No it won't,

[@altosack]

As long as it remains useful to political leaders, no, it will not go away. If you have an idea on how to undermine that usefulness, I’m all ears.

[@ladybugblu60]

I do believe it will become less and less. The newer generation has no need for it

[@rey_savage]

@@altosack i couldn't care less 😀, its all a bunch of bs anyway

[@altosack]

@@rey_savage - If you couldn’t care less that a bunch of bs is being used to undermine our political system, society, and way of life, I don’t know what to say to you. I care.

[@WolfoxxReacts]

I thank the universe for escaping Christianity and religion all together. I am happier now and I feel like living my life to the fullest!

[@KonstantinShepard]

"However, you may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat your slaves like this, but the people of Israel, your relatives, must never be treated this way. "(Leviticus 25:44-46 NLT)

[@jounisuninen]

9 We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful ... 10 for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for SLAVE TRADERS and liars and perjurers-and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine. (1 Timothy 1:9-10 ) So we also have to know the difference between Old and New Testament. OT contains the old covenant, NT contains the new covenant brought by Lord Jesus.

[@KonstantinShepard]

@@jounisuninenFrom the new testament "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." Matthew 10:34 “ Then the flood came and destroyed them all. It was the same in the days of Lot. But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all." Luke 17:27-29 Jesus approved of the death of 99.9% of humanity by a flood and the annihilation of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Luke 14:26 "But as for those enemies of mine who did not want me for their king, bring them here and slaughter them in my presence." Luke 19:27 These words occur in one of Jesus' parables, but if he didn't approve of them, he wouldn't have said them.

[@kookamunga2458]

Religion messed me up but I was lucky to get away from it with my sanity intact. Whenever I get the urge to pray I remember to sin instead because it feels good to sin .

[@kookamunga2458]

@JennyLovesWillRiker drugs ,porn , prostitutes which normal people call hookers. That's what sin is .

[@anthonymorris5084]

@@kookamunga2458 *"drugs ,porn , prostitutes which normal people call hookers. That's what sin is"* Isn't being self righteous and judgmental a sin?

[@maggiebarrett7300]

@JennyLovesWillRikerSin is just the length of the line opposite the angle divided by the hypotenuse.

[@kookamunga2458]

@@anthonymorris5084 yes I agree . There are so many sins it would probably take forever and a day to name them all .

[@jounisuninen]

@@kookamunga2458 Sin leads to suffering and death. But of course many practice it still. Lord Jesus never forces us out from sin against our own will.

[@rockydog523]

I want to share this with the people in my life, but I'm already living a shunned life for not being a believer. And most think of me as simple minded because of this argument.

[@2l84me8]

Any ideology that encourages self deception and fear mongering is not one to be valued. Any good that could be done by religion could also be done by nonbelievers for the simple sake of kindness.

[@haroldozaeta3614]

❤🤗❤👊🏼 Hitchens & others who promote thinking 🤔❤️👊🏼🤗

[@jounisuninen]

I'm sorry but Hitchens & others promote bone-headed thinking.

[@ChinonsoNnadozie-t6d]

And Jesus most certainly did not MAKE THE GOLDEN RULE

[@thomaslong8448]

It was Confucius.

[@stephenolan5539]

​@@thomaslong8448 And it was probably older than him.

[@jounisuninen]

@@stephenolan5539 Golden Rule was created when man was created and man was created by Lord Jesus.

[@stephenolan5539]

@jounisuninen So you say but that doesn't fit evidence.

[@BrianFedirko]

This sickens me in the most wonderful way. I just add the concept of "hell",,, and telling it simply to children who then imagine a quadrillion years of breathing fire have their li ves ruined to the point of failing at school and life. It is an evil side effect, that believers wont even consider. They wont consider it, as they wont consider most things that a rational person would. It harms our educational health, as faith is lusrful for ignorance. Gr8! Peace ☮💜

[@tarasubramaniam6191]

Why are babies born with terminal death certain diseases. met one little one who lived till he was 10 years old. In and out of hospitals! He was born with cancer in his testicles ...He was a merry jollylittle cutie ... deserved a LIFE! not ",God loves little Angels!!"

[@yinloveyang]

Right if "that so called God" loves his little babies he would never let it happen.... he is just a bad spirit if he exists.... 😢😢😢

[@EdwardHaren-zp6re]

It has taken everyone I love from me, it's a disease, manipulation of the thought process.

[@zeroonetime]

Religions and Belief systems are no other than B.S. (Belief Systems)

[@jounisuninen]

Don't search truth from religions. Seek Lord Jesus. He is not religion but the personal God. He has been man who dwelled on earth, so He knows what it is to be a human being.

[@campfireaddict6417]

This video is a keeper.

[@jimmydean2797]

I see no point in worshipping anyone or anything. Its a waste of time. I try to spend my time as a practicing humanist. Look it up.

[@arthurwieczorek4894]

In my mind the greatest harm religion does is to communicate and model a use of language that consists of mere words reflecting only emotional content without any conceptual connection to reality. This way of thinking may spill over into other areas of life---politics for example.

[@jounisuninen]

"In my mind the greatest harm religion does is to communicate and model a use of language that " - Reject ALL religions and seek Lord Jesus. He is not religion but a person who died and resurrected to get you atonement in front of God.

[@arthurwieczorek4894]

@@jounisuninen Hello. You are a new version! Out here I keep seeing the same thing over and over. Your version is, like there is a stick, and you're like saying, 'You can have one end of the stick, but you don't need the other end'. So use this Holy Book to make your own religion. I say to you, speak to me of miracles.

[@MYRRHfamily]

It just depresses me that people will not listen to these arguments. I feel like we are losing the battle of truth, at least here in the U.S., and it all starts with religion. It’s terrifying.

[@bookfromthetrash_official]

I honestly wish one day. Religions entirely will not live longer. People should be dive deep on philosophies and accept the progressiveness of secularism.

[@Herbertl_Lee]

You really have no clue your beloved science is not just but anther religion 😅 you just have faith in your little math that all your theories make "sense" 🤣

[@dorkception2012]

@@Herbertl_Lee What is the definition of 'Science', Herbert?

[@Herbertl_Lee]

@@dorkception2012 Systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation, experimentation, and the testing of theories against the evidence obtained. And the reason I raised my question is Human have their limits and it's possible their is something we never know in reality. Many physicists consider string theory our best hope for combining quantum physics and gravity into a unified theory of everything. Yet a contrary opinion is that the concept is practically pseudoscience, because it seems to be nearly impossible to test through experiments. And science and religion focus on different topics and specific christian believe afterlife and resurrection which seem impossible to happen. I won't called christian crazy but obviously most atheist do

[@Herbertl_Lee]

@@dorkception2012 I do think that the Intelligent Design movement, which has religious origins, has been responsible for some pseudo-science. There are plenty of interesting philosophical arguments that suggest the universe has a designer, and they are legitimate objects of study - this is part of philosophy of religion. But although philosophy of religion should be informed by science, it should never try to pass itself of as being part of science.

[@dorkception2012]

@@Herbertl_Lee "study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation, experimentation, and the testing of theories against the evidence obtained." Where do you see anything belief requirement in that definition?

[@CP-fe6jr]

One only needs look at Israel and Islam to see the harm.

[@hectormata449]

If you want to believe in anything, believe in the U.S. Bill of Rights, and Two eyes for an eye if anyone tries to mess with you while you are peacefully tending to your own garden. You can be civil and good without any god. I am

[@JohnSpencer90]

This video also presented an artful separation between Religion and Spirituality. Religion is indeed a human-made construct, driven by various motives ranging from the desire to exert control over humans, soothing our existential fear of death, and providing hope for an eternal afterlife. However, much of its impact is divisive and harmful, because it is rooted in human ego." "Spirituality, on the other hand, represents a deep search for a unifying force that connects us as individuals. We may choose to call this force God, but ultimately, spirituality is at the opposite end of religion.

[@kushy2508]

wut

[@Ex_christian]

Spirituality is still manmade!

[@JohnSpencer90]

@@Ex_christian It's quite a leap to go from saying the Christian God does not exist to asserting that no God exists. The challenge then becomes explaining where everything came from.

[@JohnSpencer90]

@@kushy2508 The Christian depiction of God is easily shown to be false, but there is good evidence to argue that something outside ourselves exists. Spirituality is therefore the search for an understanding of what that is. It's quite a challenge to argue that everything came from nothing .

[@Ex_christian]

@@JohnSpencer90 the challenge is for the religious cultists and the Christian cult to bring Demonstrable Evidence to back up their continual lies! Where are their gods if they are real? I don’t know a Christian who can tell the truth!

[@blackholeentry3489]

ALL commercials get fast forwarded....Within my entire 83 years, have never purchased one single product as the result of an irritating commercial....however some commercials have pissed me off so much, I have boycotted the advertised product! BHE

[@InvasionAnimation]

Fun fact that thing that infects mice also infects humans, just not to the same degree.

[@leonart7875]

I'm glad I have own belief and that's it

[@raminybhatti5740]

Yeah, it's true. Although in my case I really bought into it as a child of partially my own volition. It was mostly internalised; rarely, if ever, reflected onto people external to me. I was in my late 30s after decades of a rather horrible existence that I reluctantly accepted nobody "up there" gave a hoot about me. I'm currently detaching myself and unlearning decades of behaviour.

[@jenanne31]

Wow. Really thought provoking content. I just subscribed. Thanks!

[@duckarse11]

The Ant was looking for God but when it got to the top, there was no God, there never was.

[@jeffreyanderson6740]

There very much is a God.

[@SextusHempiryk]

@@jeffreyanderson6740 Evidence, please.

[@duckarse11]

@@jeffreyanderson6740 yes but only in your deluded mind.

[@jeffreyanderson6740]

@@SextusHempiryk Answered prayer. We are alive and wonder about our existence. We are intelligent enough to to ask questions, and seek out answers, and figure things out. It is total bullshit that, those traits are the results of natural processes. The answered prayer part of my reply is because it's true. I know of people who have miraculously had there prayers answered after halving prayed to the Lord Jesus Christ for healing. Sure there are people who do not But evidently there are also people who do. Also I consider the fact that people want the truth, even atheist seem to want the truth, why the hell would people care about the truth so much, why not just take life as it comes and enjoy our existence while we're alive. Like get our pressure fix and our fleshly enjoyment fix. Have fun however we possibly can before our death unknowingly turns our consciousness off for all eternity. And no I don't use the word eternity in this construct because of heaven or hell. No I mean eternity will still be relevant when we die and cease to exist, forever I mean to never exist again when our consciousness turns off. Now I know it would be said, well whether you like it or not that will be reality. Sure if that's reality right. But since nothing would possibly matter at that point, I will except what I'm hopeful for and live like that's true.

[@jeffreyanderson6740]

@@duckarse11 your the one's with a deluded mind very very deluded, like dam it's stupid to be hopeful for what you all want.

[@markstone5593]

These videos need to be seen in schools

[@Truth-Be-Told-USA]

It makes people do nothing as they expect God actually is in charge of the stopping of evil. reality is God does nothing to stop evil

[@cy-one]

Reality is that even if God would exist, evil would necessarily exist because he *wants* it to exist. Otherwise it wouldn't.

[@Herbertl_Lee]

Please illustrate the Evil thing that you have in mind. There are two kind of suffer. Natural or create by mankind 😂

[@Herbertl_Lee]

@@cy-one Job 1:6-7: "One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”" Your question should be why allow evil exist. Well that's the choice each and every one make and you insist human don't need GOD and it's ok to sin with no consequence. But obviously that is more logical than there will be a judgement day. Well that is exactly what happens in this fallen World 👿

[@cy-one]

@@Herbertl_Lee *"There are two kind of suffer. Natural or create by mankind "* 1) Natural would mean "as designed by God, as God made 'the natural' to include that kind of suffering. Otherwise it wouldn't exist. 2) Created by man would also mean "as designed by God", as God made mankind with the perfect foreknowledge (omniscience) of what would happen. As long as God is described as omniscience, every event that has happened, is happening or will happen is according to God's will. That includes every evil act done by humanity. Otherwise God would've created reality and/or humanity in such a way that things he did not want to happen, wouldn't happen. It's called bug fixing. In this case, a perfect programmer makes software without bugs. If you think it's a bug, it's a feature.

[@cy-one]

@@Herbertl_Lee *"Your question should be why allow evil exist."* Evil exists because God wants it to exist. Otherwise, it wouldn't. *"Well that's the choice each and every one make"* Free will and God being omniscient are logically contradictory. You can't have one with the other. It's like a square circle or a married bachelor. *"you insist human don't need GOD and it's ok to sin with no consequence."* Feel free to quote me insisting that.

[@appnzllr]

I attended seminary (I'm no longer a Christian) at a school that had the stance of predestination. I did not believe predestination, but I wanted the degree. I would travel to classes in the car of my neighbor who was much younger but had already resigned himself to believe predestination. Everything was controlled by God. It was quite shocking to hear his arguments.

[@Dzialwa]

This is dope content 👌

[@believeinpeace]

Perfect!!

[@MoboFromDoomed]

Religion has really messed up my family, i hate it and i can tell it does more HARM than good

[@RobespierreThePoof]

There's no god. But free will is just an illusion.

[@toni4729]

You believe that something else tells you what you're doing all the time? I'll do what I like.

[@dinahnicest6525]

Thank God I'm an atheist.

[@haydencarn8737]

Honestly, ideology in general is just bad, Christianity, the people who think and pretend that Israel is not committing war crimes, modern gender ideology, all the same issue. Ideology, to put it simply, in many cases the issue comes when people suspend their ability to think logically for the sake of some belief. It's often associated with tribal thinking, and can be seen on the left, the right, and most politics in general these days, which leads to us being unable to actually achieve anything. Ideology is bad, no matter if your tribe does it, or the other tribe. Sadly, many "atheists" also miss that part which means they are not really atheists, just part of a tribe that happens to not believe in god for ideological reasons. It's a tragedy how few people these days have retained the ability to think logically.

[@denz4133]

Well said and I couldn’t agree more!

[@rimbusjift7575]

You REALLY need a mirror.

[@haydencarn8737]

@@rimbusjift7575 How so?

[@rimbusjift7575]

@@haydencarn8737 Spewing ideology in a rant about the perils of ideology. You go so far as to try to redefine atheism.

[@Krutchly]

@@rimbusjift7575 You really need to pay attention.

[@vietashroffoliver2521]

Bravo the late Christopher Hitchens

[@tracydodd5553]

The ad ruined it

[@dorkception2012]

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[@dsiepiela6449]

I’m so sick of being saturated with the Christian mythology and hypocrisy!!!

[@AlcibiadesMD]

“Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong.” -Christopher Hitchens

[@Misael-Hernandez]

Which in turn means that he's wrong.

[@ctwentysevenj6531]

The biggest blunders in human history is inventing religion!

[@Lordidude]

Humans didn't "invent" religion lol. It evolved as part of our defense mechanisms.

[@ctwentysevenj6531]

@@Lordidude It originated from humans .

[@Lordidude]

@ctwentysevenj6531 Yes but it wasn't "invented" like the Steam Machine or the wheel. Religions evolved darwinistically (ironically)

[@ctwentysevenj6531]

@@Lordidude Well in a similar way. The various religions were the imagination of humans.

[@spincube5734]

Excellent video, than you !!!!!!

[@jimmehlich6093]

George carlin got it right about the bullshit of religion. I am so glad I am a Buddhist it never shames me into submission. It helps to understand life and gives you a clear understanding about the human condition. It always shows me compassion. Nam Myoho-renge-kyo

[@X-hame]

Basically, just believe what the pastor says, even though it has been changed over and over again😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@budd2nd]

If you have any integrity, any whatsoever! If you genuinely consider yourself to be honest and have strong moral principles. Then you can no longer be a creationist, not in this day and age. In fact, you would be hard-pressed to be any kind of theist at all.

[@stephenbailey9969]

Remove religion from the world and what would we have? Very little difference. The problem is that people are broken. Man's greed, lust for power, addiction to passions and emotional storms, willingness to abuse or kill others would simply express itself under some other rationales. And quite possibly the good ideals that religion encourages in people would be missed. After all, the consciences we all have are under constant attack with the temptation to put selfishness first. We all need encouragement to do good.

[@drsatan3231]

Those ideas were present before religion and they'll be present once it's gone If there are any gods then they made us broken

[@stephenbailey9969]

@@drsatan3231 Brokenness begins when Man cuts himself off from communion with the source of all light, life, and love, in preference to the god of his own ego. We live in the world that men have made. We do not yet know the world that God has intended. But in Jesus the Messiah, we can have the first tastes of that love.

[@Herbertl_Lee]

​@JennyLovesWillRikerwow perhaps religion is not the issue but your math. You have know reason to believe in Religion doesn't mean you have to deframe is. May I ask how you come up with this 95%

[@stephenolan5539]

I think it more that some people can't be undecided. They can't say, I don't know.

[@campfireaddict6417]

"Man's greed, lust for power, addiction to passions and emotional storms, willingness to abuse or kill others..." enter the catholic cult.

[@Someone_wrf]

That the choice to believe in something, is that itself just a choice, at the end of the day. But that is that overall religion shouldn't be something that causes war or causes in that sense distress, but is the solution, but that is the opposite in the cases that we face today in society, unfortunately.

[@tyamada21]

A segment from 'Saved by the Light of the Buddha Within'... My new understandings of what many call 'God -The Holy Spirit' - resulting from some of the extraordinary ongoing after-effects relating to my NDE. during September 1970.. Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what some scientists are now referring to as the unified field of consciousnesses. In other words, it’s the essence of all existence and non-existence - the ultimate creative force behind planets, stars, nebulae, people, animals, trees, fish, birds, and all phenomena, manifest or latent. All matter and intelligence are simply waves or ripples manifesting to and from this core source. Consciousness (enlightenment) is itself the actual creator of everything that exists now, ever existed in the past, or will exist in the future - right down to the minutest particles of dust - each being an individual ripple or wave. The big difference between chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo and most other conventional prayers is that instead of depending on a ‘middleman’ to connect us to our state of inner enlightenment, we’re able to do it ourselves. That’s because chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo allows us to tap directly into our enlightened state by way of this self-produced sound vibration. ‘Who or What Is God?’ If we compare the concept of God being a separate entity that is forever watching down on us, to the teachings of Nichiren, it makes more sense to me that the true omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence of what most people perceive to be God, is the fantastic state of enlightenment that exists within each of us. Some say that God is an entity that’s beyond physical matter - I think that the vast amount of information continuously being conveyed via electromagnetic waves in today’s world gives us proof of how an invisible state of God could indeed exist. For example, it’s now widely known that specific data relayed by way of electromagnetic waves has the potential to help bring about extraordinary and powerful effects - including an instant global awareness of something or a mass emotional reaction. It’s also common knowledge that these invisible waves can easily be used to detonate a bomb or to enable NASA to control the movements of a robot as far away as the Moon or Mars - none of which is possible without a receiver to decode the information that’s being transmitted. Without the receiver, the data would remain impotent. In a very similar way, we need to have our own ‘receiver’ switched on so that we can activate a clear and precise understanding of our own life, all other life and what everything else in existence is. Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day helps us to achieve this because it allows us to reach the core of our enlightenment and keep it switched on. That’s because Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what scientists now refer to as the unified field of consciousnesses. To break it down - Myoho represents the Law of manifestation and latency (Nature) and consists of two alternating states. For example, the state of Myo is where everything in life that’s not obvious to us exists - including our stored memories when we’re not thinking about them - our hidden potential and inner emotions whenever they’re dormant - our desires, our fears, our wisdom, happiness, karma - and more importantly, our enlightenment. The other state, ho, is where everything in Life exists whenever it becomes evident to us, such as when a thought pops up from within our memory - whenever we experience or express our emotions - or whenever a good or bad cause manifests as an effect from our karma. When anything becomes apparent, it merely means that it’s come out of the state of Myo (dormancy/latency) and into a state of ho (manifestation). It’s the difference between consciousness and unconsciousness, being awake or asleep, or knowing and not knowing. The second law - Renge - Ren meaning cause and ge meaning effect, governs and controls the functions of Myoho - these two laws of Myoho and Renge, not only function together simultaneously but also underlies all spiritual and physical existence. The final and third part of the tri-combination - Kyo, is the Law that allows Myoho to integrate with Renge - or vice versa. It’s the great, invisible thread of energy that fuses and connects all Life and matter - as well as the past, present and future. It’s also sometimes termed the Universal Law of Communication - perhaps it could even be compared with the string theory that many scientists now suspect exists. Just as the cells in our body, our thoughts, feelings and everything else is continually fluctuating within us - all that exists in the world around us and beyond is also in a constant state of flux - constantly controlled by these three fundamental laws. In fact, more things are going back and forth between the two states of Myo and ho in a single moment than it would ever be possible to calculate or describe. And it doesn’t matter how big or small, famous or trivial anything or anyone may appear to be, everything that’s ever existed in the past, exists now or will exist in the future, exists only because of the workings of the Laws ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ - the basis of the four fundamental forces, and if they didn’t function, neither we nor anything else could go on existing. That’s because all forms of existence, including the seasons, day, night, birth, death and so on, are moving forward in an ongoing flow of continuation - rhythmically reverting back and forth between the two fundamental states of Myo and ho in absolute accordance with Renge - and by way of Kyo. Even stars are dying and being reborn under the workings of what the combination ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ represents. Nam, or Namu - which mean the same thing, are vibrational passwords or keys that allow us to reach deep into our life and fuse with or become one with ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’. On a more personal level, nothing ever happens by chance or coincidence, it’s the causes that we’ve made in our past, or are presently making, that determine how these laws function uniquely in each of our lives - as well as the environment from moment to moment. By facing east, in harmony with the direction that the Earth is spinning, and chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo for a minimum of, let’s say, ten minutes daily to start with, any of us can experience actual proof of its positive effects in our lives - even if it only makes us feel good on the inside, there will be a definite positive effect. That’s because we’re able to pierce through the thickest layers of our karma and activate our inherent Buddha Nature (our enlightened state). By so doing, we’re then able to bring forth the wisdom and good fortune that we need to challenge, overcome and change our adverse circumstances - turn them into positive ones - or manifest and gain even greater fulfilment in our daily lives from our accumulated good karma. This also allows us to bring forth the wisdom that can free us from the ignorance and stupidity that’s preventing us from accepting and being proud of the person that we indeed are - regardless of our race, colour, gender or sexuality. We’re also able to see and understand our circumstances and the environment far more clearly, as well as attract and connect with any needed external beneficial forces and situations. As I’ve already mentioned, everything is subject to the law of Cause and Effect - the ‘actual-proof-strength’ resulting from chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo always depends on our determination, sincerity and dedication. For example, the levels of difference could be compared to making a sound on a piano, creating a melody, producing a great song, and so on. Something else that’s very important to always respect and acknowledge is that the Law (or if you prefer God) is in everyone and everything. NB: There are frightening and disturbing sounds, and there are tranquil and relaxing sounds. It’s the emotional result of any noise or sound that can trigger off a mood or even instantly change one. When chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day, we are producing a sound vibration that’s the password to our true inner-self - this soon becomes apparent when you start reassessing your views on various things - such as your fears and desires etc. The best way to get the desired result when chanting is not to view things conventionally - rather than reaching out to an external source, we need to reach into our own lives and bring our needs and desires to fruition from within - including the good fortune and strength to achieve any help that we may need. Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo also reaches out externally and draws us towards, or draws towards us, what we need to make us happy from our environment. For example, it helps us to be in the right place at the right time - to make better choices and decisions and so forth. We need to think of it as a seed within us that we’re watering and bringing sunshine to for it to grow, blossom and bring forth fruit or flowers. It’s also important to understand that everything we need in life, including the answer to every question and the potential to achieve every dream, already exists within us.

[@jennifersmith4864]

Daya ago I asked - WHAT HAS ATHEISM EVER DONE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF HUMANITY?? Got zero sane answers!!!!

[@Artman1]

What have you ever done for the betterment of humanity?

[@Sue-xv8os]

You just didn't listen.

[@vganad3739]

Seek those who misuse it. Not throw the blame around ignore things

[@yinloveyang]

I'm watching The Tudors tv series these days. It's really driving me crazy how serious they were about Catholicism vs. Lutheran religions.... the whole time I was like why can't you just respect each other's opinion..... if that horrible Henry wanted a son why didn't he just adopt a baby from someone who was royal either lol😂 Those centuries were really crazy!!! 😢 No wonder they think The old Rome and Greece were better times!

[@dinkalicious]

Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion - several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven. ~Mark Twain

[@vganad3739]

Knowledge creates both good n evil minds. Blame not the tool for our misuse.

[@ewhite3691]

You wrecked the video with your commercial. I was going to share it but now I won't.

[@XephyrutheMad]

Atheistic intolerance of religion and spirituality is JUST as destructive as abrahamic monotheism..

[@robertjohnsontaylor3187]

No it’s not religion that causes trouble it’s humans.

[@toni4729]

It's humans that believe that stuff.

[@MsDemonBunny]

Religion promotes not thinking for oneself, to allow someone else to think for you and tell you right from wrong and how to live. Religion tells people not to accept themselves and certainly not others; you have to give up who you truly are and so should everyone else. Condemn those who live and think differently from your special little group. Religion says you aren't enough as you are and you aren't deserving, but the very thing that created you and condemned you also loves you and wants to save you. It's a perfect being who somehow makes zero mistakes yet screwed up creating people. (???) Religion is "let those of us better than you guide you because you're too dumb (i.e. trying to live your life your way, but we disagree with that) to live without us telling us what to do". Religion says "do as we say; but we'll be living it up as we literally lord over you and tell you not to question because your questions make sense".

[@ObservantHistorian]

Religious people who take offence have no concern, on the other hand, with how insulting and offensive they are to people of other religions or no religion at all.

[@Jjj53214]

It is easy to criticize religion. Anyone can do that. Get past that basic obvious point. Take it to the next step. Can religion be reformed or replaced with something else? That is what the discussion should be.

[@aiya5777]

ofc it's gonna be replaced by another religion

[@drewdrake9130]

It should be replaced with the same thing we replaced the belief in Santa Claus with. Bad ideas are just tossed aside, there's no need to replace them with something.

[@JT-yl9yt]

Sure we will replace the prayer and worship with something actually productive. Instead of giving so much time to a useless practice and stop giving money to scam artists.

[@guerillaguru8650]

Because it is not intended as a religion,the people lust for power and money does

[@renevalice3056]

In cosmic seas of mystery and stellar winds, lit by starlight, there is wonder and awe-inspiring drive to explore our universe home. There is vastness of earthen plains, collosal mountains, and majestic oceans. There is even romance and despondence when gazing to the heavens, and faraway places such as Andromeda, our only neighbor. there may be something else entirely; the tapestry, fractal brilliance, and grand radiance of pure otherness itself, pass horizon and infinity. religion is pale, in comparison after all.

[@piconano]

Religion is the collection of all the oxymorons of humanity.

[@valroniclehre193]

@Greg S I have no idea why i cant see our comment thread anymore, or why you cant see my replies. Answer here if you want to keep the conversation going. As for examples of religious harm there are plenty. There are the explicit ones like harmful dictates of religious leaders. There are more ambient ones like how religion teaches some very bad thinking habits. There's the general refusal to admit anything that goes against the religion, no matter how obvious. That will due for starters.

[@buukkreider544]

Answers to Some Questions Individuals May Have 1) Why would God need blood sacrifices as an answer for sins which he already knew would happen? Answer: As God knows the end from the beginning The Son was going to come down and become a man born from a VIRGIN woman that would be implanted with the SEED from THE HOLY GHOST. When Jesus Christ was born - not only was he born for the sake of the Adam race, but as an answer to the Angels - especially the Fallen Angels. The idea of 'sacrifice' and 'sacrifices' are not just animals getting slaughtered, but when the individual would cause the animal to be slaughtered - it would be felt by the one allowing his beast to be sacrificed. The beast is slaughtered, and the one who is having his beast sacrificed feels the 'pain' of 'sacrificing' one of his best beasts. It comes with a price to the one doing the sacrifice. When the people would sacrifice to God they were to put their heart into it. And there were/are many different sacrifices that were done. So God knew beforehand that man would sin; and he knew that there would be Fallen Angels as well. With the sacrifices, the innocent beasts that were sacrificed paid the price of the one sacrificing them. When they would sacrifice many of the sacrifices required, the one sacrificing the beast would put his hand on the head of the beast as if he were transferring himself to the beast. The beast was then sacrificed. All these animal sacrifices were a 'Type' of what was going to eventually occur in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ which was going to occur. When Jesus Christ was sacrificed he did it as not only as a man, but as a servant. As a Burnt Offering he wholly gave himself to his FATHER. As the TRESPASS and SIN OFFERINGS he was the ONE in which represented the Adam race: he paid the price. When he was in the process of his earthly ministry he was in complete obedience to The Father and was led by The Holy Ghost. Jesus Christ sacrificed himself 'ALONE' on that cross - and therefore he cried out Psalm 22:1 "My God, My God Why hast Thou Forsaken Me?" The Angels nor the Prophets understood what was taking place on that cross. The Devil himself did not understand. If the Devil would have known that the Death of Jesus Christ was going to be a victory, then the Devil would have done his part in trying to influence the people to keep him alive. When Jesus Christ died, he offered himself up to God as the Burnt Offering, the Atonement Sacrifice, and all of the Sin and Trespass Offerings that were required by men. He conquered DEATH, the DEVIL, and HELL when he died, was buried, and resurrected from the dead as he foretold his disciples - and as he told the people. God was pleased with the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. God accepted what Jesus Christ offered for himself to God; and what Jesus Christ offered for the Adam race to God. God was pleased. The Angels, good and bad saw this. They did not know that God was going to use the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ be an answer of salvation to the Adam race of all that have been, are, and will be saved. This was God's plan unbeknownst to the Angels and unbeknownst to the Prophets foretelling of the sacrifice. The Blood Sacrifices came with a price for all that had sacrificed to God - and God also FELT the sacrifice. Now this act by the Godhead was for Angels and Man to see; and possibly any other creature that God created as well. 2) Why punish the Adam race for Adam's sin? Answer: Adam had free will just like the Angels, but fell. Unlike many Scholars and Theologians saying that we all have 'Free Will' - I have to disagree. The Children of Adam all started off with 'Sin' in their genealogy. Adam did not suffer that, but his descendants did. With The Lake of Fire and Brimstone that was prepared for The Devil and his Angels was/is also used for the unsaved individuals of the Adam race. Adam tried to cover his nakedness with palm leaves, but The Lord replaced it with 'coats of skin' - animal sacrifice, God clothed them (The Man and the Woman). With Adam's answer for his nakedness he used palm leaves to hide his nakedness. This is a kind of answer that Man may use for his actions - and it might be called, 'religion'. God's answer was 'Sacrifice'. When Man sins, it does affect God. Man's answers for his own sins does not please God, but God's answer... is the answer. In the Western World 'especially' in this day, people don't care to be 'told' or 'instructed' what to do - and to 'obey authority'. God wants obedience. The Fallen Angels with their 'Free Will' did not want to 'Obey' - and they have their destination. The Adam race does not have the 'free will', but they have the 'Sacrifice' that is accepted by God. There is a final destination with The Fallen Angels... or to be saved. To us, the 'time element' might be long - but to God - 'time' has no power over him. The people 'before' the cross had to have 'Animal Sacrifices' until Jesus Christ - and God did and does the accepting. So obedience and responsibility was/is required by the Adam race. People may not be happy about this, but God is The Creator - and he decides. 3) If Jesus is God why would he have to die, but if he really can't die? Answer: He did not die as GOD, he died as a man. As a man, he represented the Adam Race... he often referred to himself as the Son of Man (Adam). Refer to Psalm 22:1) My God, My God...why hast thou forsaken me? Before he died, he told his disciples and he even told the people that he would raise again from the dead. He did. I also believe that God cannot die. Just as Mary is the mother of the Man Jesus Christ and NOT the Mother of God - God does not have a mother. In that same thought, God cannot die, and neither The Angels. 4) Why would God act shocked that humans are going to sin even though he knew they would anyway? Even though God knew that Man would sin with and without help from The Enemy, he still felt the unpleasantness. 5) How could God be all-loving if he's going to send 75% or so of all mankind to hell? Answer: Yes, God is the one that decides. He is the one that will either Accept the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ for those that are saved or he will Not Accept the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ for their sins that are not saved. It is up to God. He knows Man better than Man knows himself. Also, God is Loving - but God is also Holy and Righteous. 6) Also, why would many of these people suffer to be born in a wrong country and/or a wrong time? Answer: Again, everything is in God's plan. In the capsule of time that God has set - every thing has its part to play. With everything that has and will occur God has a reason - and part of the reason is to be acknowledged by Angels both good and bad, and by the Adam race: saved and unsaved. 7) What if someone never heard about God and that person dies? Or what about babies that die? Romans 2:11-16; 25-27 Those that May Not Have Known 11 For there is no respect of persons with God. 12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; 13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. 14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. 25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. 26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? 27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? When Jesus Christ died on that cross 2000 years ago - he paid the price required by God. His sacrifice pleased God. With his death on that cross his blood is good enough to save the WHOLE ADAM RACE... but God is the one to decide whether he will accept the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross for that person in question. It is up to God. Remember, we're not in a perfect world at this time, but we look forward to what is ahead of us... Philippians 3:17-21 Our Conversation (Citizenship) is in Heaven - for those that are Saved 17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. 18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) 20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

[@EricA.Ephemetherson]

Any living thing including us humans have an instinct of self preservation. Therefore, every individual is only for self survival. And life's puropose is survival here and now. There is nothing beyond that.

[@MedicRN]

Imagine a world without religion

[@Herbertl_Lee]

As if that will be a better place, you are so simple and naive, religion is never the problem, human is😅

[@MedicRN]

@@Herbertl_Lee haha, I'm naive for not believing in mystical gods in the sky? 👍🏼 okey-dokey.....humans that believe in fairy's and unicorns are the problem. Religion is ALWAYS the problem.

[@MedicRN]

@@Herbertl_Lee "One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It's simply to painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we've been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back."-Carl Sagan.

[@Herbertl_Lee]

@@MedicRN you try compare the Bible with a unicorn myth shown exactly how naive you are. You are like level 0 as an antichristian, you have to gear ⚙️ up like your teammates to attack christians with the Bible an perhaps you can move up to level 1 😂

[@Herbertl_Lee]

@@MedicRN Give me one example of your truth please 🥺 and please stop quoting somebody's books and pretending you have that knowledge, it means nothing rather than you like/agree with his/her options, you cant proof nothing and that certainly ain't turth... And try doing better come up with you own thinking and believe as a mature man. What did Sagan say about God’s existence? In his own word "I am not an atheist. An atheist is someone who has compelling evidence that there is no Judeo-Christian-Islamic God. I am not that wise, but neither do I consider there to be anything approaching adequate evidence for such a god. Why are you in such a hurry to make up your mind? Why not simply wait until there is compelling evidence?" You really can tell what happened after you are dead? Your through, conscious and subconscious are just information and you cant destory information so where it goes after you are dead???

[@chrisryder1073]

Religion and belief systems create conflict between the respective believers and followers, conflict leads to violence and even war

[@Del_116]

I’m 43 I became an atheist at 28 .. and religious people are the most untrustworthy people I know. Most the they can do bad and pray it away … I hate that shit take some responsibility . Smh 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Sue-xv8os]

No they aren't. I know many religious people who are very good-hearted.

[@jennifersmith4864]

Oh shut up with that BS. Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, etc, atheists that killed, starved & oppressed like 100s of millions ---- trustworthy guys, huh?

[@Del_116]

@@Sue-xv8os very few most of just trying to avoid responsibility for fuck shit they do . The fact they are more atheist in America and world than at any point in history . Just look at Israel right now . Using religion to kill kids and steal land . When most of them came to that land after ww2 . The crusades. The Salem witch hunts , every jihad. ….. pedo priest … I could literally go on forever of history showing how horrible religious people are . No one have been for war hungry than Christian , shit slavery.. look wat religion did to South America way back in history , history says religious people are scum . It’s just where the evidence leads .

[@eensio]

Religion is heavenly babysitter also for adults.

[@BrianGay57]

Good stuff! New sub!

[@fallenangel2438]

I am a Christian with faith These are my thoughts, Religion is neutral as it is irrational beliefs, it isn't good or bad but both good and bad it is interpretations and ideas that makes it good or bad, and when people are found wanting because of bad deeds they hide behind Thier faith, stating the devil told me, or it is God's will that guided my hand, but no influence had any hand in your own actions, that is partly why Atheistism is a thing, because of the idea people use religion to do bad things, and also evidence facts served well. If anyone is harmed due to my comments I do apologise as I am speaking only of opinion as I do not claim for it to be fact. I do not wish any form of harm to anyone spiritual, mental or emotional.

[@Misael-Hernandez]

From what I understand is that religion ( Christianity) based its foundation on Jesus who is all Good. Therefore his teachings are Good, but yes, Judas was a Christian by word only. HappyEvil=GoodUnhappy So by his free will chose to solve this equation with an end result of Evil=Unhappy. It is already a contradiction to call good, evil or to think that unhappiness will result in doing good things.

[@Brandonprice3343]

A person practicing a religion and promoting irrational beliefs on the surface seems harmless. I don’t care if my friends or family are in living in “lala land” however when people in positions of power are living in lala land I do take issue with that *cough* *Project 2025* *cough* *the Middle East* *cough*. The purpose of religion (or at least Christianity and abrahamic religions) is to instill fear and provide comfort. Eventually the general population begins to make sacrifices for the comfort of the religious such as ban on abortion (no matter how you feel about abortion if you can look at the case of the 14 year old girl in Alabama who was raped and impregnated by a family member and forced to give birth despite incredibly high chances of her dying and can still say abortion should never be allowed you are a monster) or women in the Middle East being forced to cover up and treated like objects.

[@Brandonprice3343]

Another scary example of making sacrifices for other peoples comfort is sacrificing the safety of your children validating the feelings of trans people

[@toni4729]

I still have trouble believing that you have to go into a courtroom and (swear on that confounded book) that you will tell the truth. It's a fucking lie. Certainly if most people these days don't believe.

[@Herbertl_Lee]

Well as an atheist may I ask you how you can proof one is not lying 😂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3fRgGafnLSehc0feature=shared

[@toni4729]

@@Herbertl_Lee How would "I swear on the Bible" going to prove that I'm telling the truth? Anyone can lie. God, whoever you think he or it might be isn't going to kick my head off, if I lie.

[@Herbertl_Lee]

@@toni4729 I don't know what GOD is going to do with you. But I do know according to Exod 20:16: “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor." those who give false testimony will be held responsible for their actions. So you can continue to live your way. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3fRgGafnLSehc0feature=shared

[@drewdrake9130]

They no longer do that

[@johncastro7372]

Lying is not a sin. It's only a sin when you bear false witness AGAINST your neighbor"

[@vga-t7m]

there are many religions in the world. but only a handful who have constantly been at war. wars in ancient days were for many reasons but not religion. the wars that are still fought today have been the same wars for the past few centuries. so what does that tell us about their religion !? and worse, where are their gods throughout those centuries ?