MiloCast

Ask someone whether they believe in snow. It’s kind of a silly question, and you may get some strange looks. They don’t have to believe in snow — they know about snow. Even if they live in a part of the world where it never snows, they almost certainly know about snow. There are no cults of snow-deniers.

When it comes to religion, though, the question is whether you believe in a god. If gods are real, then they’re so much more important than snow that I think we should be fairly sure about that before we start worrying about the weather.

When will people realize that there is absolutely no reason to believe in gods except for the fact that they want to? Just wanting something to be true is not a good enough reason to live as though it is true. There must be plenty of examples of times when people took action required by their beliefs and it did no harm, or even did a lot of good. But there are millions upon millions of examples where believing fiction ended in tragedy. How many examples are there of people taking necessary action based upon reality and causing unnecessary suffering?

If you understand the paragraph above then you now know why it not only doesn’t makes sense to be religious, but it is potentially harmful.