I have grown up as an atheist and everyone around me has been anti-religion. I am interested in what people who worship "organised gods" have to say in their defence. One thing: I DO NOT want bible or other religious quotes as evidence.
“The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.” – Marcus Aurelius
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You might think of a church a bit like a business, although in practice it is more than that.
Faith helps people calm down and gives them a sense of purpose and order in a world that is governed by chaos and unpredictability. The organisation of a religion becomes a way to formalize and further justify any given belief system, as well as provide centralization which aids in overall decision making and internal unity.
While some religions exploit this unity and centralization to do terrible things, this is not universal. Many smaller churches use the money they collect through donations to support the church then use the rest for public works such as providing for the poor. Thus not all organized religions are a scam.
Stars formed, planets coalesced, and on at least one of them life took root.
Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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Stars formed, planets coalesced, and on at least one of them life took root.
Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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Alexander the not so Great: History through Persian eyes ...www.bbc.co.uk › news › magazine-18803290
And is the remark "why are you teaming" really relevant to this debate?
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But were the beliefs of Alexander the Great in any way a scam?
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So if I ask if the beliefs of Alexander the Great were a scam, and they are not, then that should be enough to persuade you correct?
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Stars formed, planets coalesced, and on at least one of them life took root.
Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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Organised religion is exactly when it is taken too seriously and literally by a large number of people. When the individuals participating in a medieval battle imitation start believing that they are on the actual medieval battlefield and have to kill their opponents physically.
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What kind of a scam?
Wire fraud, money laundering, embezzlement, swindling the seniors out of their money?
When all I've personally seen, are various parishioners giving offerings to the religious buildings of their choices?
So if organized religion is a scam, where's the Real World evidence to support, that very claim?
From maybe: NPR, CNN, MSNBC, WHRO, OAN, Fox News, ABC, CBS, NBC, or YouTube?
I keep waiting for the FBI, the DA, and the local Law Enforcement to show up to a Religious Building in the United States, and then hear about it in the Nationwide news media, where a Religious Building was closed, or shutdown, for this very reason,
"Organised religion is a scam."
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"When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity, when MANY suffer from a delusion it's called …… religion." Robert Persig
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Are you saying Catholics do NOT do the same "good stuff" you claim to do? I think most actually "blind people" know they do just as much good as you evangelicals. That makes them JUST AS GOOD AS YOU. Remember, it was NOT just the Catholics that burned people at the stake, or threw them in prison for not giving their "dues" to the church! Sent them to the guillotine for heresy! ALL religions do their share of good, yours is no better than anyone else's …. and can be JUST AS BAD!
I, as an atheist, believe I actually have more "compassion" than YOU show here. I give to charities, even religious ones. I help the unfortunate where I can, I DO NOT tell people to "go to hell" if they don't believe as I do, like YOU do.
I actually hope you have a safe day.
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