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10 Facts About Religion

September 9th, 2014 at 12:00PM

Here are ten absolute truths about religion.

  • 01. Religion is a ready-made world view.
  • 02. Religion does not require understanding, only obedience.
  • 03. Rather than telling you how to think, religion tells you what to think.
  • 04. Religious views cannot be proven by reason, so they must be accepted on faith.
  • 05. Religion is for weak-minded individuals too psychologically insecure to define their own world view.
  • 06. Religion is a human invention.
  • 07. Most religions use fictional stories to show their followers how to behave.
  • 08. Religious views are prevalent only when science fails to explain reality.
  • 09. Religion is purposefully disconnected from reality and therefore mystical by nature.
  • 10. In the battle of religion versus science, religion lost centuries ago.

Thanks for considering these ten facts about religion. I hope they did their part in proving to you accepting any religion is a bad idea.