organized religion is bs, billions of people's spirituality is not

Sometimes the truth hurts. Religion is merely a self perpetuating and self policing meme [and I mean meme in it's original meaning, not a picture on the internet]. Anyone who considers belonging to a religion isn't a free thinking person. I would never laugh at someone's spirituality [which may or may not include a god] but as soon as humans adhere to a man made religion as if it were truth, you can't trust them. I am an atheist and I am loyal, honest and well mannered. Apparently a lot of christians or muslims can't be nice unless their book threatens them with punishment. So in that regard us Atheists should be glad all those people who are not intrinsically nice are kept in check by religion. But otherwise it's really just a lot of BS.

they are entitled to their opinion, including thinking all religion is b******t. so long as they don't act aggressive or try to force the opinion on others (like most religions do) then there is no issue *is also an atheist.*

True. It's not all b******t. It's largely superstition and labeling. And it does a lot of harm in the world.

Oh snap

To little menace: not every christian,jew,muslim,etc needs to be threaten by a book to be nice. Also, not every atheist is nice. There are pricks on both sides. On every side. Being atheist doesn't make you any better, smarter, or supreme. Sometimes truth does hurt. And you are excluding millions of people, who happen' to be religious, putting them in a box of non-free thinkers, untrustworthy, dishonest,... if someone here is a bad person, it is you. And EXTREMELY close minded, i will add. Religious person here. Never pushed my religion on anyone. even in this comment, you don't know my religion. Don't need a book to threaten me. Am loyal, honest, and well mannered. your theory just died. Have a nice life, and please, open your mind. Bye

Thank you, Jonathan. This made my day. 😊

But it is b******t you inbred

I think it's a generational thing within the religions as well. My mom grew up Catholic and went to Catholic school and has told me multiple times, she was taught that if you aren't Catholic, you are wrong and will go to hell and they were encouraged to NOT associate with people who aren't Catholic. She converted to Presbyterian when she got married so we weren't taught that and I have friends my age who went to Catholic school who don't seem to have been taught that, but yeah, it was definitely something that was taught. And according to the Bible/Torah, Jews are God's chosen people. Who's to say if that's true then or now, but it's what is taught.

I agree that most of them don't feel this way, however it feels weird to me to think that they actually believe we deserve to burn until eternity because we don't worship the same god or something.

Maybe it depends on country too? The priests here tend to be very humble and even puts themselves lower then everyone else in a sence of respect, I think. The only pushy ones are Jehovas, they act a bit entitled.

May I tspeak with you about our lord and savior the spaghetti monster?

The thing is just, that those books are written by people...

Thank you Casey.

*were

Don’t think we are special. We are supposed to be good people. That’s what our morals are and what the Ten Commandments are fir

Sir sir sir oh wait never mind I just thought of the atomic bomb yah you may be right

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True. I completely agree