what you see as a flaw in religious thought is actually one of the major reasons for its survival throughout the ages. once you strip away all of the happy thoughts and mumbo jumbo you can see religion for what it really is, politics at its basest and most primitive. instead of nationalism and economics, it deals with absolute truth and immortality. with nothing concrete to offer its adherents, it bestows upon them the promise of heavenly favor and the knowledge that they are amongst the few and are therefore better than those who choose to follow another path. the clerics and hierarchs of the true faith need not justify their decisions, they need only point to the heavens and remind the faithful that they rule by divine right and that their words are the words of god (or gods or flying spaghetti monster or whatever).

simple, perfect, infallible. the creation of the cult of elitism based not on achievements or even intent, but on a simple choice of deity.
delusionsofNORMALity Reviewed by delusionsofNORMALity on . The fundamental flaw in religion as I see it I should start off by saying that I consider myself agnostic, as I acknowledge the possibility that there may be a higher power out there somewhere but I certainly wouldn't say I believe in a god. Now, I could write volumes about how preposterous the notion of religion is (for this discussion I will focus exclusively on the Abrahamic religions of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam), but the fundamental flaw I referred to in the thread title revolves around one question for you religious Rating: 5