Religon is Faith...Nothing more...nothing less

[LDallNight]

Today, while cruising these forums, I stumbled upon this section for the first time. After reading a few posts and threads arguing over which religion (or non religion in atheists case) is best. I'm going to say from the start that I'm atheist, but am open to anything that seems logical. With that said I'd like to say that it's pretty pathetic the arguments going on in this forum. What people need to start understanding is, most people will stand by there belief. Whether logical or not, if they've been raised to believe that way, then they will pretty much always think that way. I personally was christian up until around the 7th grade. With that experience I can clearly see why people turn to religion. It's appealing. People preffer to be ignorant, to not see the truth (or what I believe to be the truth anyways). They sedate their own fears with comforting beliefs and superstitious stories and such. They like to believe that after they die they will go to some mystical place they call heaven. They like to believe there sins will be forgiven. They like the idea of God, because he is something to explain the unkown. It was until about 7th grade, when reasoning that when you die it's impossible to go to heaven, and questioning the probability of god being real, that I decided to think for myself rather then rely on a BOOK that ANYBODY could have written/edited to fit his needs. So you see? They turn to religion as hope and encouragement. It's truly not a bad thing at all. They should have every right to practice there religion and get there joy and fulfillment out of it without us butting in. But, don't you Christians see? We deserve that too. Atheists deserve to be able to think and decide for themselves without this country brainwashing them. Instead of worshipping an unknown and quite possibly non-existent being, we turn to logic and reason to get us through life. So why, why do we fight with eachother over a matter as trivial as religion? I leave that to you to tell me, because I truly have no clue. Why so many wars have been fought over religion I have no clue. I'm sick of religious breeding in the world, it's sickening. So why don't we end it here? Now? Thank you for reading my abstract thoughts on religion.... And heres a personal quote I like to throw out there sometimes. "Many say God created man, when in fact man created God out of fear of death and the unkown" -Justin