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As time passes, the whole idea of religion just gets sillier to me. We live in a world where most people  believe in something they can not see. The results of their prayers are indistinguishable from random chance, good things are attributed to their favorite deity, and bad things are written off as beyond our understanding.

Not a single person has a sound reason for their religious beliefs. If such a reason existed, they would have spread it and large numbers of people (if not everyone in the world) would have converted to their religion. Instead, each religion has a set of teachings which were written by people who didn’t know that germs cause illness and that washing your hands prevents the spread of disease.

It’s just a thing people do. Like becoming obsessed with a favorite TV show or celebrity. Some people are so into a video game that they dress up as characters from it and go to national conventions. Humans are a social species, and we like to find others to identify with to become part of an in-group. Religion fills that need very well. The problem is that it comes with a lot of baggage which cause people to do harm to one another.

Basically, being a devoted member of a religion isn’t any different than being a devoted Star Trek fan who speaks fluent Klingon and goes to all the conventions in costume. It’s all a lifestyle choice. So if you have a pet religion at the moment, take a look at it. Ask yourself why you believe it, and what reason you would give someone else so that they can believe in it. You’ll find that it all comes down to the fact that you choose to accept it without reason because you feel like you’re accepted somewhere. You can find that in many other places without all the built-in guilt, fear, and tales of eternal hellfire.