nlike most other mammals we have a very long childhood.
due to this we expect that there are powerful controlling beings that will provide for our every need. of course is our parents, as we get older we realize that our parents are flawed people like ourselves. the need is great the god-shaped vacuum is there, so we create a all powerful parent without human frailties. we can assign the attributes to the God as we see fit. the Roman assigned to their gods based on the values of their society.
the Jews and Hindus selected gods with attributes that reflected their society.
clearly if horses had a god it would look like them and reflect the values of their society.
knowing this does not free us from the god-shaped vacuum, it's still there.
it is my belief we will fill it with something, science, or The voices in your head.

Hey David! Back atcha on the stylish shirt thing! I went to canon city a few times in the 80's when I was at Carson! A fellow soldier lived there with his wife and kids! Don't remember a thing because we drank a lot in those days! Watched your video about when your son was sent to the office. That teacher should be educated about separation of church and state. And fuck the church anyway! I have told my bible thumping southern baptist douchebag brother that my lack of faith should have no bearing on his faith. We are currently not on speaking terms, but I used to love discussing being agnostic with him. It drove him crazy. I think he thought a lightning bolt was going to come through the roof of his truck! I'll have to check out some of your videos!✌

Really liked this video, and will share it. But I have had my own brush with death because of religion. I nearly died from early circumcision in a Catholic hospital. I went into shock, stopped breathing and turned blue, a Neonatal ICU nurse team put a couple of tubes in me to help me breath and eat, and I stayed in the unit for weeks. According to the AMA, over a hundred babies die each year due to being cut this way.

At two years old my parents noticed that my hair a nails did not grow and they took me to endocrine specialists, I have been diagnosed with a pan-hypo-pituitary problem (PHP) and I have been on hormone therapy the majority of my life as I don't produce any male (nor female) hormones. I am now an Intersex activist and do public speaking on all these issues.

Nobody is ever good enough, the ''born a sinner'' thing, is a put down before you take your second breath.

Your story rings true...I wasted my early years trying to equal up to this perfect god’s expectations...thank heavens we are free at last...FREE of any manmade god! All gods are manmade!!

I am terribly sorry to hear what you went through. This is one of my biggest objections also… simply the presentation of the narrative on any level. Although you were on one end of the spectrum in terms of how things affected you, the indoctrination at any level can result in deleterious effects. It is truly insidious.

Very glad to hear you were able to reason yourself out of that nightmare.

Religion does not ask you to commit suicide. It gives you ideas. It is up to you as a grown up to sort out what is right and wrong and choose your path forward. Almost all of us came from religion in childhood but chose to leave the bad behind and be freethinkers. It is the slavery of mind, not body. It was not like we did not have a choice. Breaking out of it is up to us.