People can believe all sorts of things. Many if not most of the things people honestly believe is really nothing but Bullshit that someone else or another group wants them to believe. Just because you may have convinced yourself about something or had an idea conditioned into your mind / programmed to believe. This doesn’t mean that it is actually true. Your belief in something doesn’t increase the reality of it no more then your disbelief in gravity or magnetism could alter either of those natural forces.
All through human history we have records of people believing in all kinds of Gods & Goddesses. However no one today really believes in 99.9% of those Gods & Goddesses. If someone does believe in a God or Goddess or both it is only the one from his or her religion. The religion they were either born into a family that taught these ideas to them as a child or one that they let themself be convinced to believe in. The reasons for this latter can be extremely varied. However a safe bet can be the desire to gain pleasure or the desire to avoid pain. The truth is we know that people will do far more to avoid pain then they ever will to gain pleasure. This is why advertisements center around pain & pleasure in one form or another.
There are endless examples of the pain / pleasure aspect of human nature. Just watch TV and you will see example after example. Every product that is advertised claims to be wonderful, easy, cheep, etc. You will never see a commercial for a product where they tell you, This sucks, It is a waste of money, It is an absolute pain in the ass, etc. However clearly there are products that in reality are just those things. The intent of the Advertisement is to get you to believe the product or service will be something that you will love or can’t do without. Your belief in a product or service will not make it magically work or be wonderful. All your belief can do is get you to pay for that product or service.
The only way we can reduce our chances of being ripped off is to examine the evidence. Even with that one must be careful not to be suckered by bogus evidence. Just because someone can claim to have a product that does a certain thing and they can show tests of it working and doing what they claim doesn’t mean those tests are accurate or that the results are accurate. When it comes to people trying to profit from something the idea that they wouldn’t lie is simply foolishness. I am not saying everyone is out to trick you. However if you demand solid proof from multiple sources that is the only way to really limit your chances of being deceived.
When it comes to anything but religion people of all different beliefs will have no problem with what I’ve stated. However as soon as I say the same way you demand evidence before paying for some product don’t you think you should demand evidence before buying into a God concept? Then suddenly people get on their, “I must Defend My God” high fucking horse!
If there is an afterlife and let’s assume for the sake of argument there is. How do you know which God or Goddess is the correct one to buy into? Hell how do you know any of the Gods or Goddesses in human history even existed or exist? Let alone will be waiting to give you a pat on the head and a cookie for thinking the correct thoughts. Without Evidence to support the claims of the religion and their afterlife what possible reason could you have for buying it?
You wouldn’t buy a car just because someone says it is wonderful and will give you eternal life. You would want to see evidence supporting this claim. How is the Jesus, God, Allah or any other God story any different? Those pushing that service will sing the praises of it. Not telling you about the down side. Or if they do they will use the Down Side as a type of threat. Believe (Think) as we say or this horrible thing will happen to you.
Right off the bat, doesn’t anyone realize this is called Blackmail, Extortion & Manipulation? If this group claims to be all loving yet their main sales pitch is loaded with Threats. Wouldn’t you conclude what they are selling isn’t all it is cracked up to be? Add to this to believe that thinking certain thoughts can take away your personal responsibility for anything you have done. This is nothing short of Scapegoating. It is not based on any observable quality in nature. It is only based on a desire to be able to pass the buck.
Let’s stop and think about this for a minute. Each person views reality from themself as the center. Everyone else and everything that is going on in reality is seen from the point of view of person / observer. This means even if a God or Goddess would exist that it too would be viewed as something that is separate from each observer / person. Now think about this. If each person views everyone else & everything as going on separate from them would a God or Goddess view reality in that way too? If it would then why should it give a damn about what thoughts are in your head. How would your Thoughts effect that God or Goddess in the slightest? If it wouldn’t view everyone as separate from itself then why would it elect to torture some and reward others? After all if it is viewing reality from the point of view of everyone that exists wouldn’t He, She or It also understand why each person does what they do? Be it good or bad, noble or self-serving? The only way the theistic God works is as an iron fisted dictator. One that is so ruthless as to make Hitler and Stalin look like Saints!
If service to a ruthless iron fisted dictator is your idea of paradise why don’t you move to North Korea. You can be in fucking paradise right now. Living everyday in servitude to a ruthless dictator and worship the dead father. Think about it. A life of absolutely no freedom what so ever! No freedom of choice because with the God of Judaism, Christianity & Islam you don’t even have freedom of Thought. Without freedom of Thought you can’t have freedom of choice. Which means no freewill. Since to have that you must at the very least have the freedom to your own thoughts.
Despite all of this there will be some that cling to their religion despite all evidence that they are simply full of shit. Which is classic Delusional Disorder. Delusional Disorder is defined as a firm belief / conviction in something despite evidence to the contrary! That is what Faith is called. However it should really be called the mental illness that it is. Delusional Disorder.
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