Do you understand that religions started back when people believed the world was flat, Heaven was up, and the Devil was down.
Do you realize that GOD=GOOD and DEVIL=EVIL? These words are just one letter off each other...that' s definitely a sign of religion being a story made up by man to control the masses through fear.
Any religion that promotes good relations between members, then outcasts a young girl for becoming pregnant, is being hypocritical.
I once heard that religion is the biggest scam mankind has ever encountered.
After seeing many religions, and their mannerisms, I agree whole heartedly!!!
If I want to talk to GOD, I do not need to go to church and I definitely do not have to give 10% of my earnings away each payday to be saved.
I believe that something...a GOD, or what have you...created all of what we see and know about, but I do not believe that this same GOD would be so cruel as to promise salvation at 10% of my earnings or because nature takes it' s course.
Religion' s only saving grace appears to be that it does promote re-entry into the flock for those who are down on their luck. But they usually only do this if that down-trodden individual agrees to follow their rules, etc.
It' s a kind of conditional salvation...
Even that sounds horrific!
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