Another Big Big Thread of Religious Discussion

[neyo the king]

So, your saying that, when it comes to God, its best to just blindly say yes, because thinking rationally about it is pointless?

That, my friend, is faith, and faith is not a good argument. I like to think faith is somewhat akin to the argument, "I believe it is so, so it must be." That might be horribly biased and rude, but that's the way I see faith.

Also, please don't compare religion to chemistry, physics, or, any other scientific thingy. Sure, they are both mysterious, and are hard to explain, and some stuff we know happens, but not why. The difference between them is that science can be proven, where as religion is nothing but faith, faith, mindless, stupid motherfucking faith!

We don't have faith that water is wet, and the gravity keeps us grounded. We know they are because they have been proven to be.

We (by this I mean religious people) do have faith that a big ol guy/girl/guys/girls/guys and girls/guy and girl/something entirely different in the sky made everything.

You look at the above statement, and you don't think that religion is just something conceived by man thousands of years ago, to explain the unexplainable before science was known?

Then, I have to call you a fool. A fool who is to afraid to look at the simple truth.

Religion, all of it, every last motherfucking God/Goddess/Alien that is worshiped is made to either:

A) Explain the unexplainable to people, pre-science.
B) Make a quick buck from the confused masses.
C) Both A and B.

I, personally, don't see what there is to debate, when the answer is right there in front of your eyes.

The problem is that a majority of the world has a problem with letting go of the past. Religion was always a fail-safe against the unknown. And it still is today, in a world in which everything unexplained is explained, or is becoming clearer and clearer.

In my personal, completely biased opinion, religion is a thorn in the side of humanity, and the sooner it is out, the sooner we can continue on to more important things, like discovering the indiscoverable, or solving the problems of this planet.

I mean, God, what does it take to get through to you people?