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To be honest I for one see no real place for ORGANISED religion in the world today.
If people want to believe in whatever deity they want then so be it, it is their entitlement, HOWEVER I refuse to let ANY of them try to impose their beliefs on me.
When you look at mainstream religion, and it doesn't matter which one, you see a doctrine founded in the blood of others...
Roman Catholics throwing christians to lions.
Christians - crusades or Holy wars, the torture of people who followed pagan faiths
Moslems - 9/11 ring any bells? or perhaps Iraq?
Egypt - slavery etc in the name of the egyptian gods...
and yet people follow these religions in the name of peace...
I believe that most, if not all religions were created as a form of mass control. Easy to convince a slave or subordinate to do your will by promising him untold riches after his death... he aint gonna contradict you and you don't have to PROVE anything...
I am not denouncing the existance of an all pervading entity, merely stating that the formation of an organised religion was to control people.. why else would an all forgiving god need to effectively threaten people into believing in him? (or her)
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