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Quote by: bishop religion only poses a situation where you "cannot get along" when religious people try to impose their own agenda.. there are issues, such as abortion, that are not necessarily religious issues. moral issues and religious issues are commonly confused as being one in the same, when they really aren't..
that said, the problem with religion is not religion itself - it's when "religious" people attempt to impose their wills/agendas on everyone else. the religious person who doesn't bother anyone and doesn't impose his/her will on anyone is most certainly somebody you can get along with. i know many atheists, or people completely indifferent either way, that are royal sacks of shit that i know i can't get along with. |
Its turee that alot of people are not made any better or any worse if they have a religon or not. But the people who follow religon become a part of that religons influence on government, politics etc.
Religon in many cases is more of a shadow-government, they put out the perception that they are there only to worship thier rediculous idols. But when you get more into the heriarchy it is more structured like a government, and tries to impose religous laws on their followers, using the money their followers pay as 'tribute' to their idol to forward their political goals, using the numbers of followers to win votes.
One man is just a pawn, used for political and economic strength for the church. And the man himself is blissfully unaware of this fact while he worships his false idol.