Religions - Your Opinion

[Josh_R]

Like Locke and others I am also a atheist that loves religion simply because it gives you some insight on others belief's.

You're not supposed to go full out because a lot of stories in the bible don't make any sense in meaning that they're physically impossible. The world is not a magical place, and it never was. Magic isn't real. However, when stories are told, people fabricate them and make them magical, because then they're remembered. The point was never to believe them at face value. The point was to just have them live on.

I agree with Clint on this.All religious writings are all handed down stories that was eventually put into writing so beliving that they was fabricated is a logical belief...

Religion like many things is an opinion but some people take religion way too seriously such as those in the middle east they hate us and started a war because they despise our countries christian beliefs. The war in Iraq is a religious war and noone will win....

[Alpha]

Religion like many things is an opinion but some people take religion way too seriously such as those in the middle east they hate us and started a war because they despise our countries christian beliefs. The war in Iraq is a religious war and noone will win..

Do you really believe that? I think the whole 'religion causes war' argument is very redundant. War has a multitude of causes. Religion is one, but I'd argue that religion is used more by leaders in fragile societies who are attempting to create an 'us versus them' dichotomy. Resources, inequality, ideology; these are far more prominent causes of war, especially in the modern world.

As for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, one can blame them just as easily on the personal beliefs of George Bush, who said that he made the decision to invade Afghanistan "after a lot of prayer", as on Osama or any other Muslim radical. But I still think resources (Oil; for the Americans) and ideology (liberalism, brought about through globalisation or 'cultural imperialism'; for the Muslim extremists) are more significant causal factors. Religion is still there, however.