Why I am against Religion

This entire blog will be an attack on any dangerous religion. Buddhism, for example, has nothing wrong with it.

Here we go.

These are two very good videos. They are short and to the point. The only problem is that they assume that you are intelligent.
http://godisimaginary.com/video1.htm
http://godisimaginary.com/video10.htm

The bible is extremely false. Try reading this website:
http://members.aol.com/ckbloomfld/

If you don't understand what atheists are all about, read this website:
http://www.godlessgeeks.com/WhyAtheism.htm

http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/ - I don't know if this is true or not, but I suggest all visitors to read it.

All the famous celebrities who are atheists:
http://www.celebatheists.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

Now, some of you may wonder why I'm making this blog, so I'll make it clear:
Religion is a pox. It is a plague. It is wrong (which I'll try to prove in subsequent posts) and it causes massive problems. In 313 A.D. Constantine became a Christian and killed off all other religions. He practically made it illegal to be a non-christian. Then the roman empire collapsed. But the Roman Catholic church remained. For more than a thousand years, we lived in the DARK AGES. The time when the church was the ultimate ruler. Since 1800, we have achieved flight, incredible mathematics, economics, technological breakthroughs that would have seemed like magic to people 50 years prior and much more, in less than 200 years, we went from dreams of flight, to the moon. All thanks to people who were brave enough to go against the church.

Like, for example, Galileo. He suggested the earth was round and that it revolved around the sun. The church almost killed him. Nowadays, things are not much different, except that the church's power is fading.
example:
"The entire process of life can be explained through natural selection. I will call it... evolution!"
"Humans didn't come from apes!"
"Fossil evidence, as well as evolution, suggests that it did."
"No it doesn't!"

and so forth.

I think religion should be allowed. I believe in freedom of religion. What I DON'T believe in, is people forcing their beliefs unto others. It's one thing to correct someone. It's quite another to tell him that he will burn for all eternity in a lake of fire because he loves men more than women. Or (even more ridiculous) because a girl had sex. Sex is, in all respects, an act of love and passion. But let's not go into that right now.

Children, especially, should be protected. Children trust adults. They trust them completely. It is an evolutionary advantage, with dangerous side-effects. The side effect is, if you tell a child a lie, he will believe it. Try it one day. But make sure you don't lie about something important. Like, for example, what happens after you die.

I'll demonstrate how dangerous the bible can be:
"I think same-sex marriages should be allowed."
"I don't." - this person is completely at liberty to disagree, but...
"Why not?"
"Because.... I... er... the bible says."
"Well... apart from the bible, do you have any reason?"
"I... just FEEL it."
"But feelings are dangerous. And you base your feelings on childhood experience which is, to be frank, stupid."
"but... the bible..."

Obviously this is an exaggerated demonstration, but the situation is similar, most of the time.

At this point, you might think: "but this person does not harm anybody."
Au contraire!
This person harms gays. How would you feel if you live in a society where a holy book (which may not be questioned) tells you that you are wrong and that you must be killed? I imagine it would be much the same as being black during apartheid. The "white god" protected the white people and allowed them to say that blacks are inferior.
Extremists are not the only problem. They blow themselves up and harm other people, but they do this because they believe the opinions of (often) more peaceful men.

People don't always realise that they force their beliefs unto others, but it happens. Often. What scares me most of all is this:
If I put a large poster on a public wall, proclaiming that all people who don't agree with my religion (if it is Christianity) will experience eternal pain, then I will be applauded. If I put up a poster which says:
"Jesus was wrong." (note, Jesus said that he will be back to kill all sinners within the next generation.) then people will tell me I will experience eternal pain.


So... what are the advantages of religion in THIS world?

Next blog, I'll be taking on the bible itself.