Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Religion for all?

The main problem with christian doctrine is that it claims exclusive rights to the afterlife, with no alternative whatsoever. Now if every human on earth had a copy of the bible, and we all interpreted it the same way, then I could say maybe it's true. But we do neither of those things, so I am doubtful. The elitist mindset of a person who thinks that God would intentionally withhold his word to all those who practice other religions is short sighted and almost exclusively dependent on faith. Since humans are the leaders of religion it inevitably falls victim to our nature. Our nature is opportunistic and those of us who would prey on the faith/weakness others can use religion for exercising control over groups of people.

The english language did not exist at year 1AD, and that means the bible has been translated between languages at least once. The bible did not exist in it's current form until at least 1000 years after the birth of Christ, and was put edited by a group of catholic priests. Have you ever played the game telephone? Where even the simplest few words will inevitably be distorted when whispered around a circle in a couple of minutes. How then does the original intent of the bible stay true after another 1000 years?
After much reflection on this subject I have come to the conclusion that human nature (which is "forgiven" upon accepting Jesus as your true savior, then at confession, leaving the devout open for the evil/confess/heaven rinse & repeat) combined with overpopulation (which is also aided by Christianity's dogma of make more babies) is keeping us on a path to a mandatory evolution of our species. Just like we do with dogs our nasty behaviors will be bred out of us by the act of surviving the world we are creating. Maybe it's the only way for us to survive the long haul. Remember that the prior "rulers" of the planet reigned for many millions of years, we're very immature as a species.

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