Religion

I think religion is one of the worst things ever created by humanity. It is an insult to our intelligence and it is being used to justify warfare. This does not mean I want to convince people to lose their religion, especially not if they use it to find comfort and moral guidance.

 

Monotheism is invented for the most part to have a power structure, an invisible entity that you cannot fight or challenge, enforcing his laws upon you to keep you in check. It is easier to tell people to follow (a) Gods rule than to say they have to obey the law (which technically they can overthrow at any time) another use for (a) God is to explain things that you cannot comprehend (just have faith in the invisible man instead of reaching for the limits of your imagination and running tests to come to a conclusion)

 

Science is a wonderful thing, and it taught us that when you go into the sky you will choke to death, so we built spaceships and didn't find (a) God, we found planets. Science also proves that in the way physics work and the way planets form that our earth is 4.54 ± 0.05 billion years old. Another great scientific study is evolution, through the use of fossils, DNA and other analysis we found out how we evolve to adapt to our surroundings, this genetic mutation happens over a very long period of time but has been scientifically proven.*

 

Our morality is way older than religion, our ancestors had rules about how you should behave way before we developed any religious system. We have a chemical that we produce called oxytocin, causing care, connection and empathy. This chemical has an evolutionary advantage because you will care for each other and stick by each other for greater chances of survival.**

 

When you're dead your life is literally over. When someone takes your eyes out, you can't see, when you close your nose, you can't smell. All these sensations are processed in your brain, which will die from oxygen deprivation once your heart stops beating. Because you don't have your body to perceive anything, it is impossible to go to an afterlife. Your body will simply decay being food for the bacteria and plants that will grow in your place.

 

I care about my planet because I care about future generations, not for a selfish reason like going to a particular paradise from a particular God.

 

*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIEoO5KdPvg

**https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSyyAcrsnT4