Opinions and conclusions about Religion and God.

this pretty much sums why I'm not a christian.I find it comical that anyone could subscribe to this load of crap.Basically you are saying that god is an asshole and that we have to kiss his ass or he will send us to hell.Dude, I wouldn't do that to someone and I would think I should expect more from some god than I do from myself.You are also saying that if we don't believe in this junk that we are spiritually dead.... or could it be that it is actually BS? Wow, what a concept.This entire line of thinking is full of judgementalism and hubris which should have no place in anything truly spiritualEdited by SuperNintendo Chalmers, : No reason given.

This is going to be a bit rambling I have never been particularly religious. My parents did make me occassionally attend a fairly liberal methodist church....but it never really took and I haven't been to church since I graduated high school.I would call myself a weak atheist. I lack belief in any god or gods.... but I could be wrong. In fact I'm still waiting to be shown the evidence More importantly than my lack of belief in god is that I DON'T CARE if god exists or not. I feel that it's obvious that whether I believe in god or not is irrelevant and has no effect on my life. I have more important things to worry about than whether fairies, gods, spirits and demons exist.I also agree with Jar (and Jar I'm pretty sure you believe this) that any god worth believing in would not be some petty tyrant. I believe that if any god or gods did exist that was/were worth believing in then he/she/they wouldn't care whether I worshipped them/believed in them/kissed their ass.I've flirted with deism in the past. Another interesting idea is that maybe everything is god... basically that the universe = god and everything is part of god. I have settled on weak atheism however (I think strong atheism is a bit arrogant... any freethinker should be willing to accept evidence that challenges his/her views.... although that evidence still hasn't been shown). The main thrust of my belief is that I don't care if god/gods exist.I personally think it's fairly clear that religion is and has always been about power and manipulation. It's actually the world's greatest scam. "Do what the leaders say or else!" Religion seems to be the furthest thing from spirituality.Humans are unfortunately very susceptible to groupthink...Well, that was pretty poorly written... but there it is.I can relate to a lot of what purple said in the first reply