My Problem With Religion

[randallscott35]

Ok, here goes:

I am spiritual in the sense that I think its important to be a good person and that there most likely a heaven...But I don't think one religion is any better than any other or should be preceived to be...In fact I think the world would be far better off if no one believed in religion at all.

There is no debating that more people in human history have died b/c of religion than anything else. Think about it....With that as a backdrop how can we justify something that inherently tears us apart?...I've seen friends who didn't get married b/c one family's religion trumped the others. That idea of "My religion is better than yours" so you need to change yours or you won't be good enough for my child or....---doesn't it make you sick?

To be fair, I also realize the good that religion can do when it improves how people treat each other. For instance, my father is a devout Catholic(I was raised Methodist) and he teaches C.C.D. and volunteers at a hospital every week. He is also the most decent giving person I've ever met. I'm sure his faith has had an impact on making him so....But does that justify belief? I'm pretty sure he'd be a great person anyway and if he had never heard of Jesus in his entire life, with the totality of his goodness over the course of his life, I'd assume he'd be in heaven if there was one....And don't get me started on how backwards religion can be anyway, just take Catholics. Forget about women priests and birth control and anything else in the world that makes sense....And how about Muslims who kill thousands of people based on the belief that they will get dozens of virgins in heaven?

So I guess what I'm saying is, the world would be better off if everyone was an atheist. The good that religion can do is not outweighed by the carnage it has already caused and will continue to cause.