Religion

If one cannot face life not knowing who put them here, and opt to live a lie, then they have an inherent weakness. Born from the fear of not knowing. For some it's fear, others its IQ related. Biologically, when a human succumbs to fear their IQ drops, so the two are very much interconnected in many cases.

Politicians and criminals are known to join the flock to potentially increase business and perhaps sweep some guilt under the carpet.

Problem is, when you live a lie, you become a lie.

I saw through religion when I was 10. Being brought up in a christian family, I was required to be an alter boy in church- until the age of 10 anyway. I remember sitting on the alter in ritualistic robes listening to the priest reading, or moreover, interpreting bible passages, which never made much sense. Nevertheless, most of the rhetoric was centered around, 'thou shalt not sin', 'thou shalt not sin', 'thou shalt not sin'... however, when I walked out of church, I started noticing the amount of sinning going on by the church goers.

To be fair, there are many devout followers, but at the end of the day they all suffer from the same thing.

Add to that, the conflict of being told 'all this' happened 2-4000 years ago by various religions vs being schooled on a circa 13 billion year history of the universe. More than one god, that each will kill on-mass 'in the name of' produced several more red flags.

It didn't take long to figure out who was 'off with the pixies'.

For many, church just seemed to be some kind of a get-out-of-jail-card, which was scary- for good reason. Turns out, its a slippery slope into a type of psychotically enhanced dementia- possibly an extended life-long form of it where aspects of reality has been replaced with a deviously crafted, fixed, and immovable fairy tale.

Religion is heaven for serial sinners thinking they'll be forgiven by an almighty entity that doesn't exist. If you're paying attention, you will realise here-in lies the root of all evil. Tragically for society it's not the case, but this is why religion and politics should forever remain separate.

Once a follower has become the lie, psychosis is complete and they sincerely believe their god exists. A god exclusively for them. Made in their image.

Religion-level mass-psychosis could well be prevalent on all life baring planets in galaxies around the same age as Earths Milky Way. Of course they can't all exist, at once, one god for each of the groups, races and ethnicities on Earth- plus the myriad lifeforms of sentient beings throughout the universe- yet they do in the minds of those afflicted. This is why you can never argue with one of faith.

Faith of the religious kind is nothing more than putty used to fill the holes where reality once existed in someones life.

The universe indeed has creators- yes, that's plural. They became life... but that's another story.

As of writing, global statistics indicate 51% of the world are atheist or on the fence. Let's round it off at 50/50, which makes perfect sense as equilibrium is one of creations founding principles. There has always been a balance of: positive/negative, light/dark, strong/weak. We all flow between each side of these forces at different stages in our lives- its to what degree that makes us who we are.

All good though, we can still live together... until the next crusade ; )

It's worth understanding this about our species.

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Do your own due diligence, but below are reference links to videos and web pages that highlight some of the claims stated in this post, or is in some way associated with the subject matter.

Ref links:

Report: 75 Clergy, Over 300 Victims in Rhode Island Abuse Investigation

Is a Mass Psychosis the Greatest Threat to Humanity?

The Brainwashing Tactics Used by All Religions

Corruption in the Vatican | Inside a Financial Scandal | A Tale of Greed and Betrayal

Revealed: Countries with the Highest Percentage of Atheists, 2024

Mormons: America’s Wealthiest Religion | Documentary

The Dark World of Megachurches

Why Islam Won’t Survive the 21st Century: A Quiet Collapse.

Are religious people really less smart, on average, than atheists?

Medici - The Most Powerful Family in History | A Documentary

Why Are Religious People (Generally) Less Intelligent?

BREAKING: NATIONWIDE P*DOPHILE RING EXPOSED!

Bolivia Sentences Priests for Concealing Decades of Child Sex Abuse

US watchdog launches database on Catholic priests accused of sex abuse of minors in the Philippines

Bloodlines of Power. The Matrix & The Forbidden Knowledge, Malik Bade.