Reply #12: "Is Religion Force of Good?" [View All]

[DeSwiss]

- Ahhh.... NO!

It is exactly the opposite because it excuses man from taking responsibility for his actions. His choices. And it blames our numerous stupid acts upon devils while giving credit for our few good acts to some faraway god. Pah!!!

"I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves." ~Carl Sagan

"The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever." ~Anatole France

"If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction" ~Judith Hayes

"Did you know only about half of Americans are aware that Judaism is an older religion than Christianity? That's right, half of America looks at books called the old testament and the new testament and cannot figure out which one came first." ~Bill Maher

"God is a placeholder for our ignorance. Saying God did it is just saying that some phenomenon that is hard to understand is caused by some being that is impossible to understand." ~Jeremy Beahan

"Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course. Microbiology and meteorology now explain what only a few centuries ago was considered sufficient cause to burn women to death." ~Carl Sagan