Some people - religious and otherwise - equate and criticism or even disagreement with hatred. It reflects a lack of security in their own beliefs. And as to actual hatred, some people have been given ample reason to legitimately hate religion because of the actions of some believers - and the inaction of the rest.

I don't hate religion, I think it's a hindrance based on world history, but I don't give a s**t if someone is religious.

Perhaps we can start with eliminating religion, thus eliminating a major excuse for some peoples' vile behaviour on the grounds that it's the will of some god other, or that it's because their interpretation of some old book says it's ok.

Will you eliminate all the great things done in the name of the lord? My little church in a small town in NH has given thousands of dollers to our niebors in need. What have you ever done besides b***h about something you clearly have no knowledge of. I don't care if you have no faith in things you don't understand. Just stop being an effing d**k about it as you would dislike a person of faith pushing it on you. Live and let live and STFU

Interesting how you say religions are not scams. So all religions are correct then? Even though they contradict each other and claim the other is false and theirs is the only path to truth? That's an interesting admission that you probably don't actually believe then, you are just one that likes the social control various religions provide. Just grow up and accept you'll die one day and your conciseness will cease to exist, it's not a big deal, just be an adult about it. Then we can worry about living the best life we can and hand down a legacy of production and progress to our children rather than "faith" that you will live for all eternity, and empty promise that leaves the world lacking for need of more people interested in the future.

You seem to be confusing a lack of faith in religion with a lack of faith in God. I don’t need some judgmental preacher to tell me what Scripture says; I can read it myself. I don’t need rituals to commune with God; I do it directly every time I pray. I don’t need a formal church membership to fellowship with other Christians; I already have a global circle of friends of faith who I fellowship with regularly. I don’t need a church to meditate my charity; I give time and money directly to the actual charitable organizations I support, some of which are church-affiliated. I am quite capable of living a godly life without organized religion. And so capable should you be as well.

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that's true

Pretty much every war, even though fought over recourses and territory, uses religion as a justification for the war. The root evil is just the human nature of expansion and subjugation, demonizing outgroups and so on, but the way this is done is with a state religion, it's a way to instill fervor among the people of the state at war, it's used today and it was used 10,000 years ago, people are very easy to convince if you use the framework of the religion they believe in. This would include most ideologies as well as religion but untill modernity ideology was religion.

John, that's just not true. WW1 was pure imperialism. It was about nationalism and loyalty to an emporer of one sort or another. WW2 was purely nationalistic, National socialists against Communist atheists on the Eastern Front. Korean war, Vietnam war, Cold war, were similar. 21st century wars were either partiotic or economic. They were not primarily religious wars. And many reasons were given to inspire the troops.

I'm sorry but that is inaccurate, re read my comment, religion is used as a way to instill fervor, for example WW1 had plenty of call to action by the churches of the various nation states that were involved, it was your duty to God and country. One of the major players in WW1 were the ottoman empire, a Islamic state that wanted to expand it's holy boardes and return heathens to the path of Islam. WW2 religion was heavily used as the basis for action and service, the Nazis had "Gott mit uns" stamped on their belts "God is with us" and again the call to actions was for God and country. The Nazis famously genocide a whole group of people based soly on religion. In the Korean war the north Korean followed a belief in a god ruler and they still do. Yes ideology is used to instill fervor like the Soviet Union but that is an ad hock replacement of state religion, which plenty of Russians still believed and practiced orthodoxy and believe to have God on their sides. I could go on.

John you are twisting other reasons and calling them religion. Yes religion was ONE of the many reasons people were stirred up, but nationalism, hatred, economics, defense of the homeland, ethics, were all used too.

US war to free Kuwait from Iraqi control? WW1 and WW2? Viet Nam war? Grenada?

YES! .Using religion as an EXCUSE. Religion does nothing until people pervert it.

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My point being...the Bible is not a bunch of random fiction. So much of the history is being verified on an almost daily basis. Much of the Bible requires faith to believe. I was not arguing that point. And again I'm not concerned with your belief system. However SO much of the Bible is rooted in accepted human history. Oh...it's spelled please you ignorant non book reading neanderthal.

it's a shame you don't actually live your faith - but thanks for the real-time example of a 'christian'

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And yes.. a global flood happend. Find a library. The ice sherts melted. It got wet.

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That's why fossils of shells are found i desert mountains. Clearly talking donkeys exist...you are here.

let me guess, the earth is only 6000 years old

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And don' feel sorry for me. My faith has helped me make good decisions and become quite sucsessful. I now share my money with my local church to help people that are usually hateful like you.

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Holy cow! It never ceases to amaze me . Faith can take over peoples lifes. Hatred and ignorance can do the same.. Go to a library. I am not preaching anything. You preach ignorance. You clearly lack the intelligence to have a conversation. So...your rigjt Im wrong. Enjoy your sad life.