Fact is, we're beyond religion. It's simply not needed anymore, and clinging to it will be our doom.

Yeah, most wars and fighting have a religious component, and often also a deeper, geo-political component too, but it's too easy to stir up some fury using religion as an excuse. Look at those damned cartoons, now every muslim country is using them as an excuse to kill people. That's what it is, an excuse to do whatever the fuck you want.

Religion has been nothing more than an excuse and a tool for manipulation for centuries, used by people with power to get the masses to do their dirty work. There is absolutely no value in organized religion, it's all a sham. However, that doesn't mean we should throw spirituality out the window.

Everything about our civilization and society has evolved, from politics, to technology, to science, to philosophy and everything else. Why can't religion or spirituality evolve? Because we're "not allowed" to question it, it's politically incorrect... Don't you find it strange that if we were to talk with someone who lived 1,000 years ago, the only thing we could talk about is religion, since it's the only thing that hasn't changed in the past millenium?

Most organized religions are repositories for outdated, even barbarous, ideals and values, and that's what we have to overcome.


mrpink, you're right when you say fear is at the root of this, fear of the unknown... But today, there's nothing to be afraid of anymore, with the exception, I guess, of death...