why religion are bullshit

By geekyuniverse

We humans have always tried to explain how and why stuff happens
around us. And before we had more modern science, humans often
explained things they didn't understand by making up stories about
Gods or supernatural creatures. But with "modern science" we have
learned stuff like that Thor does not make thunder and lightning, it's
the sudden increase in pressure and temperature from lightning that
makes thunder and so on. Still some people believe that a god made the
earth and the universe. They don't seem to see that religion started
out as a way to explain things, but then was used as a tool to
maintain control over the people, get power, and to make money, lots
of money. Just look at the Vatican, so much money and power. So kudos
to the Christian leaders for milking that cow for what it's worth.

Even when people started to understand more and got more scientific,
the head of the church still held on to the God theory and everything
that was said in the Bible. They went as far as torturing or even
killing people who came up with new and better theories, just so they
wouldn't fuck up the sweet sweet thing they had going. Luckily for us
the Church grew weaker, science eventually became stronger, and we got
out of the "Christian dark ages". That's why we have the great
scientific advantage we have today. :)

Something that really annoys me is that many of the people who
believes that God made everything, don't believe in evolution! As they
say: "evolution is just a theory"… yeah, well, so what the fuck is the
theory of an Almighty Creator? Evolution is a proven theory, and as
far as I know, throughout history no one of the billions of people who
has ever believed in religion, has ever proven that there is a God.
And many of these people defend their beliefs by saying "well, no one
has proven that a God doesn't exist". To them I say "how the fuck can
you prove that something doesn't exist?". And how is it that of all
the religions, all of the Gods ever believed in, their God is the only
one that's real? The Christians have no more proof of "God" than the
Muslims has of "Allah".

Believing in God is a lot like believing in Santa Claus. When we are
young, we believe in Santa Claus, and that makes us happy because we
know he's gonna come on Christmas Eve and give us presents. But then
we grow up we realize that he doesn't exist, and we're fine with that.
So how come adult people still believe in God when they're grown up?
It's the same exact thing! You believe in something that makes you
happy and then later learn that it doesn't exist. In Santa Claus's
case, we eventually accept that, but when it comes to God many people
don't.

Some might say that I have the same faith in science as a Christian
has in Christianity. Well… Science adjusts its views accordingly to
the observations we make. For example we don't believe that the earth
is flat anymore, but at the time it made sense. Scientists accept that
they were wrong, and when a new and better theory comes along, they
throw away the old one and stick to the new. Religion on the other
hand is the denial of observation so that beliefs can be preserved.
And that's the main difference between science and religion. We have
far from all the answers to the universe yet, but we sure as hell
won't find them settling with the thought that a big bearded guy made
things this way.

I'm not saying that there isn't anything good with religion, because
it is. I think that the community, the camps and all the fun
activities that brings people together, that's nice. And I do
understand that some people feel that it's good to believe that there
is a mighty force that looks out for you, and can help you when you're
down or make you even happier when you're happy. And people should be
allowed to believe in whatever they want, and people who don't believe
should also be allowed to do that without being pushed into believing
in some God. But to be honest, I don't understand why we need man-made
myths and gods and mysteries to believe in. Isn't the fact that the
chance of exactly YOU being alive is so small and unlikely incredible
enough. Think about it, what are the odds that some bacterias in the
sea evolved and after billions of years of evolution it finally
evolved into humans. And then you're great great great great great
great great great great great great great great great great
grandparents had to meet each other, and all of the relatives all the
way down to your parents had to meet just each other so that you could
be born. And the unlikelihood of all of that to happen, all of those
sperm and egg cells being just right, and leed up to you is so
amazingly, infinitely small that I really can't wrap my head around
it. Isn't that enough, do we really have the need for anything larger
than life? And also think about how infinitely enormous the universe
is, and how tiny and insignificant you really are in the big picture.
And that we all come from stardust! Isn't that beautiful enough? Isn't
that incredible enough? Do we really need a god or other mysteries to
believe in to make our lifes seem exciting and worth living?