When i found out Canada banned members of the Westboro Baptist Church from entering their country

funny-town:

For details see: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2008/08/08/westboro-protest.html

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What Kind of Thinker Believes in God? →

Psychologists who study the origins of religion say belief in God relies on several intuitions, including a teleological bias (the assumption that certain objects or event were designed intentionally) and Cartesian dualism (the belief that mind can exist independently of the body). So to become an atheist one must second-guess these automatic ways of thinking. And recently a number of studies have supported the idea that belief in God is influenced by cognitive style—how much of a second-guesser you are.

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we-are-star-stuff:

Just a small chunk of the phylogenetic tree of life. 

Full image here.

christinsanity:

“Church”-minded <- I want that trademarked.

You cannot escape from a prison unless you know you are in one.

Religion is a prison, people just have to accept that if they want to be free

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emma-the-atheist:

Yep(:

madaboutriley:

Words I live by- couldn’t have said it better. People are so brainwashed by the rules of society they don’t even attempt to seek other truths. I guess some of use this so-called “gift” of free will better than others. 

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coldforest:

I find it strange that the ones that say suffering is a test aren’t usually the ones being tested.

assholeatheist:

introvert-fangirl:

I have this friend, let’s call him Bob. Bob has no religion. Bob calls himself an atheist. Bob is somewhat ignorant because being an atheist means that you don’t believe in God or having Gods. Buddhists could be atheist but they are still religious. This is not brain surgery really. 

So….what exactly is Bob ignorant of?

Can I point out that Buddhists, that are atheists, can only be religious if they worship (not just believe in) karma which is unlikely, see:

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Buddhism?q=Buddhism

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/religion?q=religion

atheist-overdose:

A little something to share with religious folks who are freaking out over Obama’s re-election

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Proof that Christianity was made by ruling classes to control.

And for those that use the old testament excuse this quote is from the new testament.

Before Religion (?)

opbubbles:

Confused about what existed before religion, or is the actually universe 13.75 Gyrs old?

So Lets pick say Christianity as our calender seems to be based around it.

Now After 0 AD this religion seems to have become all the craze. (Well more or less around this time, but if this religion was true why was it not believed before-hand?*

I can only speculate that it did not exist before hand if it did I can only come up with of two conclusions. (for the moment)

1st, That every individual before hand did not know about this religion and thus (a) “god” sent them to eternal purgatory.

or

2nd, That the religion was independent of those who believed it, (for it to exist); but this throws up many other questions; Why should we care? (why not rebel against such a tyrannical oppressor?)  Why does it change? (which does, from all the ‘interpretations’), Why is it there? What physical system represents it? [Does not apply if it is dependent on the people who believe it, as they provide the physical system] (see information theory, and thermodynamics [every piece of information must be represented by some physical system]) ect. *

* replace with any religion or messiah you care to think of which claims to know everything.

Christianity did not become “all the craze” until hundreds of years after 0 AD (or as I like to call it 0 CE), it was not even acknowledged as a religion by the first county it infected (The Roman Empire) until around 300 CE (before that it was considered a cult). But apart from that I with the other points you have raised.

And I think I can answer one of the questions you have raised: “Why is it there?” It is due to two reasons; its existence helps the ruling classes control the “plebs” (and makes ruling classes more money (money seems to be an important part of all religions)) and because it gives people an simple and easy way to believe what they want to be true such as something all powerful created the world for them, looking after them and has the same values as them, and that their consciousness will exist forever in heaven.

So to sum up my point religion exists because the human race is self-centred and egotistic and not because it includes any truths or higher moral standing.

religiousragings:

religiousragings:

I do not respect your religion.  And I don’t have to. (Source)

Reblogging this one with the source.

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ireallylovecats:

I love this so much. 

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Bill Nye on teaching children about evolution (Video)

(Source: commie-pinko-liberal, via we-are-star-stuff)

Which is why religions are so successful

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