In my opinion, any belief of the existance of a "god" is irrational and illogical. A blind assumption as you have no evidence of "its" existance. Whereas there are thousands of facts that cause doubt over the existance of a "god" and many of that doubt causing information comes from the words of the bible itself.
Religion, in all its forms, is the most succesful lie known to man.
A Placebo of the mind, it isn't benefiting anyone in any way, it just makes people think their life is "full" because of it.
The only practical effect I see religion having on the world is causing war, violence and death.
Ok, I agree with you but I would like to add some things.
If you look at every group of humans that has ever lived, they all share in the belief in a creator of higher intelligence. Almost every single one, without exception. This leads me to think that most humans have some sort psychological predisposition to believe in things like this. Just a thought though.
I was always puzzled when my friend would tell me how much believing in god (The Christian one) has made his life better and have much more meaning. I don't understand how trying to please the unknowable makes life better. I feel so fortunate to be alive and to able to pursue things that have made it worth living. Music, science, reading, family etc. The odds of being here in the first place are so small and to be able to experience life and its ups and downs is a great thing.
There are a billion billion stars in the known universe. To think that we are at the helm of it's existence is just absurd to me. I don't buy that a creator, who is supposedly responsible for black holes, stars, star collapses and supernovas, cares about what you wear, what you eat and what you say in prayer or if you get that job promotion.
I'm sick of saying this but again, I am completely fine with religion. Whatever works for you is fine by me. However, in recent years I have become very angry with things such as:
Creationism. Scientists have already proven that it is false. All of the arguments presented in its favor have been shown to be wrong. All of them. Every single one! Because a majority of the American population is Christian, they automatically think that creationism is a viable alternative to evolution. It is not! It is nothing more than a political move to get religion in public schools. Read a book on how elegant (and verifiable!) evolution is. It's simply astounding the amount of evidence in favor of evolution.
Violent Islam. Do I need to say more?
The wars and violence going on right now over religion. People need to learn how to respect one another and just talk things over. Dammit!
You and I both. However, I think it takes a while to analyze the mountains of data. Lets hope for Kaluza-Klein particles. I'm most curious about extra/parallel dimensions and string theory.
