50 Reasons why religion sucks!
 

Bored.

1) There are too many religions, how does a believer know he picked the right one?
2) Offers religious people the wrong understanding of the world they live in
3) Has caused many wars
4) Further separates and classifies people
5) Full of contradictions
6) No proof other than the inability to disprove
7) Does not agree with science
8) Disrespects the hard work of the scientific community
9) Religious claims have yet to have scientific backing
10) People do not need religion to have morals (ex: learn to respect others, not kill or steal)
11) Waste of time
12) Waste of money
13) Waste of space
14) Wasted of lives
15) All Temples would be better off being shelter for poor people
16) Religion unites people for the wrong reasons
17) Leaders often times use religion to bring their people to their sides
18) Most religions are outdated and lack any historical backing
19) No scientific or supernatural occurrences have been discovered yet
20) Religions change and evolve overtime depending on the general populations beliefs
21) Does not explain life before life
22) No way to know what comes after death
23) Easily accepted by naïve people
24) Religions do not respect each other
25) Religion does not make people more comfortable
26) Religions are corrupt in many levels
27) Though different in names, most major religions are all similar, somewhat proving that they really come from the same source
28) If god knows the future then there is no free will
29) Has caused hate crimes
30) Heavily religious countries have not shown to be “better” off
31) Discriminates against free thinkers
32) Discriminates against harmless people with different beliefs and sexual orientations
33) Can give probable cause for anyone to do anything “I slit her throat because god told me to”
34) Many animals have been killed due to religious sacrifices
35) Does not disprove atheism legitimately
36) Operates on scaring believers by using places like hell and eternal punishment to keep them in line
37) Many people have been killed due to religious sacrifices
38) Religions are taught in schools as fact
39) Many children are raised religious at a young age without a choice to reason and choose what they want to believe
40) Prayers have yet to have been proven to be effective
41) No “miracles” have been documented
42) Religion does not offer a valid explanation of the world around us
43) Religion confuses people
44) Some religions do not allow its believers to question their faith
45) Religion requires blind faith
46) Religion is not the cause for technological advancements, in fact, it only slows it down
47) Older religions have trouble accounting for new scientific discoveries that directly contracting the religion
48) God has yet to show up and give us an update on wtf is going on
49) Things such as guardian angels, reincarnation, resurrection have yet to have been proven or witnessed
50) Even the most religious people tend to mourn and fear death, despite the fact that heaven appears to be a very nice place – contradiction?

Ah well i'm still religious lol.

Me too.

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I completely agree!

Science > religion

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Are you saying someones a idiot just because they don't agree?

We're all entitled to a beleif.

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Nope. Not for disagreeing, but for believing in something that does not exist!

this.

If you believe in idiocy, that is fair enough...

If someone deludes themself in idiocy, are they not an idiot?

you mean like science once said the world was flat, and theories change all the time?

No Christianity actually..

Would you care to explain the trinity dear...

Science does not claim to have the truth, it flourishes is ignorance, that is the brilliance of it...

Science didn't have the technology nor means to determine what shape the world was.

Look how far it's come though. We live by it and science proves no god or higher entity exists. I have yet to be given solid proof that it does in fact exist. Instead I get all this jargon about the bible and a banana.

Why are so many people blindly following religion without question?

How religious?

Argeed!

The definition of science is '[U] (knowledge from) the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical world, especially by watching, measuring and doing experiments, and the development of theories to describe the results of these activities'.

Science doesn't prove anything. If anything its events which defy science that either a) make a mockery of science or b) prove there could be something else.

You could ask that question about science, why are so many people blindly following it without question? It has been wrong in the past, it will almost certainly be wrong today or in the future.

I'm not arguing against it btw, just a counter balance argument against what you're saying. I keep an open mind.

But we are not really even talking about Creation here, it's just Religion. People don't blindly follow Science really, come on. Do you not believe in Evolution?

I am like ross in friends. I cant understand how someone cant beleive that evelution didnt happen.

Also, Science is logical, theories are based on facts. Religion just claims truth without explaining anything.

*is happening,lol. It's a constant thing happening.

Same though,like evolution has been proven,what has religion got,a couple of big books?

I'm not talking about creation either. and I do think people blindly follow science, and probably I'm one of them. I believe in evolution but if I'm being completely honest I do think there is something else. Whether god or not I don't really care, but just some unexplainable things lead me to that. I think the bible is about as real as Harry Potter

51.it's boring (no offense)

Yeah, the bible is quite a good read, but should not be taken seriously.

Exactly
Its been proven that god doesnt exist aswell.

Evolution vs Creation.

"Creationism refers to the religious belief[1] that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe were created in some form by a supernatural being or beings, commonly a single deity."

"In biology, evolution is change in the genetic material of a population of organisms from one generation to the next."

Now which seems more logical? To the religious, really? Do you really believe some god or deity created the earth? Don't kid yourself!

:joker:

I find religion irrelevant. It's a pointless cause of arguments and debate, noone will ever know the answer [but the side most likely to find out is science ;)] and it just plays a very insignificant part in my life.

People have this absurd idea that religion actually deserves respect...

It hasn't

I don't get that either, christians blab on about how its symbolic then change their argument to say a god must have had to 'help' the big bang because one minute change and it wouldn't have happened. And then the really religious try and say dinosaurs never existed and bones were planted by god to trick us. But after they've said how its all symbolic ... they'll take parts literally. Can't have it both ways :nono:

Oh right. I am sure that i have seen it somewhere.

I know what you mean. Some Christians don't even believe in creation. :S

Fair enough.. yes we all have different arguments in this subject. Some beleive it some don't. But just a question.. if people don't beleive in religion why does everyone seem to celebrate xmas? Is that not one of the biggest events which Christians beleive in/made happen? Not saying you can't.. i just somtimes wonder why.

Do you think we all love xmas because it celebrates the birth of christ?

Naah. Presents!

Christmas, for me, is a time to spend time with friends with family, exchange presents, gorge and watch good movies.

Couldn't give a **** about that Jesus bloke.

Let's face it, Christmas is about kids and Santa these days, not the birth of Jesus. Plus Christmas is a mix of Paganism anyway.