I have no problem with faith. The problem lies in the man made rules that define the organized Religion. Made by men with ulterior motives, like power and/or wealth

It only seems normal because most people are indoctrinated from their infancy to believe such nonsense. It's normal if that is all you know. But come on, the idea that there were 2 people in some garden and a snake convinced a woman to eat a forbidden fruit and that results in the whole of humanity to be damned in some sort of way? Not to mention other ridiculous notions like a wordwide flood that killed everything except this one guy's family who happened to take samples of every species on a giant boat to repopulate the world? And somehow all the kangaroos ended up in Australia and nowhere else? Seriously, it's all complete nonsense.

True faith is a beautiful thing to behold, but most religious people don’t have it. They’re just there to get anything they can out of religion. Going to church to make business or social connections, or just so you can make yourself think you’re superior to someone else because you “just know” you’re going to Heaven and the rest of us are going to burn in Hell (Hint: We’re not. Heaven and Hell are right here on Earth, and we’re all already in the middle of it.). Joining, or forming, a cult to coerce believers into turning all their assets over to the “religion”—-meaning you. Happens in the older religions too. What’s the net worth of The Vatican? I’m not saying religions haven’t ever done anything good for anybody. There are very selfless people in each of them who have done wonderful things for people who really needed it. But then there’s the rest—-most—-of them, who would rather blame and judge than help, then cherry-pick their particular book to justify themselves.

Fear of the unknown is a tremendous motivator.

Religion was invented by man to control the masses.

I know it’s a joke on family guy but if you really look at worship services, it’s an odd ritual. A group of people singing together to an invisible sky daddy.

Yes. I find the whole concept rather science fiction. I was always that kid at school asking why over and over when bible stories were being read to the class and they never sat well with my, never once with any "explanation" anywhere near satisfactory. If some kid started claiming to be conversing with god there's a huge change that they'd be medicated and under psychiatric care than being praised as the messiah

they are all death cults that like to rape kids.

Like which imaginary friend to chose?

If you really want to get religious people going just bring up the fact that the big three religions all worship the same god and all three think their version is the only true version.

“One must state it plainly. Religion comes from the period of human prehistory where nobody—not even the mighty Democritus who concluded that all matter was made from atoms—had the smallest idea what was going on. It comes from the bawling and fearful infancy of our species, and is a babyish attempt to meet our inescapable demand for knowledge (as well as for comfort, reassurance and other infantile needs). Today the least educated of my children knows much more about the natural order than any of the founders of religion, and one would like to think—though the connection is not a fully demonstrable one—that this is why they seem so uninterested in sending fellow humans to hell.” ― Christopher Hitchens,

I'll take science over religion any day. Science has questions that may never be answered, Religion has answers that may never be questioned. It's about controlling the masses...

As a Muslim I can guarantee that in the koran is clearly stated that anyone who believe in God and do good deed will goes to heaven. But most of muslim will insist that only their group will goes there. Even they believe that other muslim that not on their group will goes to the hell..

It brought hope to a very dark and depressed time. Now we lost our faith and in my case i belive in nothing, that don't make me any happier

Organized Religion is the root of all evil. It actively encourages humanity to ignore evidence, and reality under the delusion that the made up from the never was would never, ever let anything really bad happen to their favorite ant farm so just "try" to be a good person and do whatever you feel is right. Well the consequences of that blueprint are currently collapsing all around us while countless people continue to "believe" things are just gonna work out....for reasons. It's not odd, it's socially acceptable insanity, and it just makes me so freaking exhausted.