Religion is not a solution to our problems. Religion is the problem. - After Ronald Reagan
In the most simple terms, religion means reconnection. Science can be a reconnection to the universe. Religion in its many forms, was a way to keep people from turning to the hands of chaos in the midst of fear of the knowledge of death. It has served its purpose, but perhaps it's time to give religion a good name again, but this time in a real way.
Served it's purpose? Inquisition and pedophilia? Holding back the science and technology by thousand years? Great service!
@zesty In the general scheme of things, it definitely has. I never said it was logical or didn't cause destruction, but you are doing what I did when I left Judaism: grouping all religions together as if they were all one idea.
If you look at how we evolved, we became smart enough to recognize our own mortality. With no leadership, chaos would have consumed human existence to extinction. It was religion, despite all the flawed byproducts, that brought order. Now religion needs to evolve as we have evolved towards science.
And just knowing how many anti-science people there are out there following illogical reconnections, like the Anti-GMO movement, the Anti-vaccine movement, flat earth movement - we need to find a way to make science a religion fast, or we will revert backwards.
So interesting, I wrote a post about religion. It immediately turned into Reagan and Trump bushing. Let's see the facts. Reagan's policies resulted in the destruction of one of the most inhumane societies ever existed, the Soviet Union. Following the collapse of the Soviet empire tens of millions of political prisoners were freed from the Siberian death camps. Thousands of socialist leaders were killed! I know, this number should have been significantly higher, but still, better than nothing. As far as president Trump - he is just great!
So interesting, I wrote a post about religion. It immediately turned into Reagan and Trump bushing. Let's see the facts. Reagan's policies resulted in the destruction of one of the most inhumane societies ever existed, the Soviet Union. Following the collapse of the Soviet empire tens of millions of political prisoners were freed from the Siberian
You are paraphrasing Ron's famous quote about Government, and while I can never agree with a POTUS that caused a lot of damage to this country, I agree that religion is a huge problem.
Of course, I'm paraphrasing it. Came to my mind, interesting, turned inside out saying from a supposedly religious president! Lol
Ronnie, like the trumpsterfire, had his evil objectives which he allowed others to enact. Like tRump, I don't know how religious he really was. But, like tRump, he used that ilk to infect the government and its policies. He was a racist as well. Few know, or remember, Governor Reagan initiated the strongest gun laws in the country in California, a state that before he took charge was open carry. He did so for one reason only, though, to stop the Black Panthers from carrying guns.
Ronnie and his maladministration was a bane to this country he crippled our government agencies and they've never been repaired.
Beat down organized labor
Religion is a natural development in a species with brain and ego capacity of a homo sapien.
You really should not misspell homo on this site.?
You just made the argument for why religion should not exist. Someone with narcissistic tendencies does not place anything above themselves and a being with our intellectual capacity shouldn't believe in a non evidence-based superior being.
What?
@mooredolezal ...oop
@mooredolezal ...most relevant is the fear of death and the idea that someone such as I will no longer exist after the body dies...this, as well as explanation of natural catastrophes, is where religion begins...
@seattlepanda I concur Paul.