I think that religious belief is mental illness, and in most cases it's inherited. It can skip generations, ie a child and his parents may or may not have the same views on the subject. The degree of religion-based mental illness depends on how delusional the individual is, their addiction to prayer and ritual, self-destructive behaviors, etc.

Why didn't Jesus just come out and say what he meant, rather than confusing his followers with metaphors and parables that were open to all kinds of interpretation, which has resulted in all manner of horrible events? It is apparent that the whole story is fraudulent and that there never was, and never will be, a god.
Breukelen advocaat Reviewed by Breukelen advocaat on . I believe in God I believe in God, but not of the god we have made in our own image. Not of a white haired old man who will burn you forever if you mess up. In fact, God loves Hitler and Osama Bin Laden just as much as the Pope and Jesus. Jesus is my personal Savior and when He said "Believeth in me and ye shall have eternal life," what He meant was that he is a perfect teacher and we need no other yet there have been lots of teachers who point the way back to God and you and I are teachers too if we Rating: 5