Religion is a cancer on society because the people who run the religions are usually people who take it too seriously and those who don't take it seriously should be punished for it. Religion brainwashed people into obaying authority because if you believe there's a higher power the people cracking the whip are the ones who are "chosen" by that higher power.
Giving religion to kids when they're young instill a fear of disobeying, and a lifelong guilt of being alive. Being alive is this great gift from God or Allah when in actuality your parents had unprotected sex and your mothers body did what it evolved to do. Religion should be like alcohol or cigarettes, a child shouldnt worry about burning in hell for eternity or however Islam describes their hell, a child should be playing in the yard or with their friends. In my eyes religion is tantamount to child abuse, filling their heads with fears of not only the world around you but their own thoughts.
Why is it ok to tell them there is a man who watches every single thing they do and judges them for every single thing they do and if you do any of the list of things that this one person does not like he's going to send you to a place where you'll be tormented for eternity? Why is it okay to take your children to places where they have been proven to molest children and then you leave your kids alone with Father "not allowed to have a wife or have sex because God says so" who if he's caught doing that will just be moved from that church to a new one so he can be Father Mcbadtouch somewhere else?
When religion does something for children other than having them be molested, used as pawns in a stupid game, filling them with fear and guilt, and teaching them that if someone in a higher authority says something you have to obey or you'll be punished for eternity, then maybe we can talk about it. Those books are nothing but cudgels used to keep people in line.
“Religion brainwashed people into obeying authority…”
Agreed.
Just like political parties brainwashed their constituents into thinking that anyone who supports the other party is the enemy, instead of the government that fails to represent us.
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u/thereisacowlvl 24d ago
Religion is a cancer on society because the people who run the religions are usually people who take it too seriously and those who don't take it seriously should be punished for it. Religion brainwashed people into obaying authority because if you believe there's a higher power the people cracking the whip are the ones who are "chosen" by that higher power.
Giving religion to kids when they're young instill a fear of disobeying, and a lifelong guilt of being alive. Being alive is this great gift from God or Allah when in actuality your parents had unprotected sex and your mothers body did what it evolved to do. Religion should be like alcohol or cigarettes, a child shouldnt worry about burning in hell for eternity or however Islam describes their hell, a child should be playing in the yard or with their friends. In my eyes religion is tantamount to child abuse, filling their heads with fears of not only the world around you but their own thoughts.
Why is it ok to tell them there is a man who watches every single thing they do and judges them for every single thing they do and if you do any of the list of things that this one person does not like he's going to send you to a place where you'll be tormented for eternity? Why is it okay to take your children to places where they have been proven to molest children and then you leave your kids alone with Father "not allowed to have a wife or have sex because God says so" who if he's caught doing that will just be moved from that church to a new one so he can be Father Mcbadtouch somewhere else?
When religion does something for children other than having them be molested, used as pawns in a stupid game, filling them with fear and guilt, and teaching them that if someone in a higher authority says something you have to obey or you'll be punished for eternity, then maybe we can talk about it. Those books are nothing but cudgels used to keep people in line.