I think that most people, wether religious or not, do not understand the myth and the metaphor with in the religions. Joseph Chamble is someone who’s teachings should be in every college. Although that is just an opinion of mine.

If we got rid of all of the Atheists, we would lose 93% of the Academy of Science, and .2% of the prison population.

I disagree that religion has any good parts. The argument that religion brings joy to people's lives, therefore, it shouldn't be condemned is in itself flawed. So does porn and heroin.

The message of messianic religions is the same as an abusive spouse. If a significant other said this to you: "You are nothing without me. You must love me, like it or not. Otherwise, I will torture you for the rest of your existence. You'll do exactly as I say, or I'll make you sorry.

In fact, Richard Dawkins has gone so far as to say that religious indoctrination is child abuse. I would agree with that sentiment. Say this to a child. "If you misbehave, god will take you to hell, and burn and torture you.

In fact, religion can be compared to Stockholm syndrome. When you are born into it, groomed by it, loved by it, hated by it, praised by it, scolded by it, welcomed by it, cast out by it, forgiven by it, saved by it, degraded by it, uplifted by it, validated by it, justified by it, taught by it, blinded by it, and indoctrinated by it, the lines between imprisonment and autonomy, between captivity and salvation, between freedom and slavery, become blurred and warped to the point where you revere your own bondage. (Atheist Meme)

Religion teaches people not to believe in their own abilities, but to believe that a probably non-existent supernatural sadist is in control of your life. Philippians 4:13 says "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" No we can do all things because we are resilient people with talents and drive who need to take credit for our own accomplishments.

Religion has diminished the human condition by taking away our understanding of how we as people understand and experience our own existence and our own lives. Religion was created by man for the purpose of controlling populations of people. It was a way to institute laws that the leaders wanted to be enacted. What better way to justify some pretty horrible shit than saying that the Sky Daddy whom no one can see yet talks to only a select few, says so.

Nevermind the fact that a good number of people who claim that god talks to them, the founder and "prophets" of the Abrahamic religions, all lived before Schizophrenia was a diagnosed medical condition. So, people follow the ramblings of 3,500-year-old, dead, schizophrenic goat herders who had absolutely no concept of Science, and just made shit up to explain the natural world. How is this a good thing?

Because religion is unreasonable. Anyone who believes a religion are making assumptions, not because they actually know anything. There is a difference between knowing and making an assumption which some people don't seem to understand or are just dishonest whenever they say that they know there is a god, yet they do nothing to back up that claim.

Religion is just really dishonest and childish.

Some religions can be beneficial because of moral teachings, yes. But religions are not necessary for gaining moral insights. I think all religions require blind adherence to a particular dogma, and to me, that is not beneficial- it's not living in reality.