Quote (leeleep @ May 24 2017 10:44am)
I refuse to believe in fictional stories hundreds of years old.
Religion has been used politically for millennia, do you really think the 'original' books (if they even existed) haven't been warped to fit the leaders of time plans? So many 'holy' wars done 'in the name of god'.
There has been hundreds of religions since humanity can think, many thousands of years before current mainstream ones such a Islam and Christianity. Why are you so sure yours is the right one? The Greeks had their own gods, the Romans, Egyptians, Hindu, Buddist, Mayans etc... literally hundreds. We could of already been visited by advanced beings who used technology and better understanding to perform 'miracles' hence the worships and creations of gods.
You never know if a few hundred years time the Harry Potter books could become a religion. Though with todays technology and scientific advancement humanity is finding a lot of answers to its questions, where as before technology people tended to have questions unanswered and starting worshipping things they did not understand.
Is there something out there? Maybe another race of beings? Sure i'm a believer of that however i don't believe they are 'all knowing, all mighty' etc... they are just advanced beings that understand the mysteries of the universe better than us.
Well they have haven't they? What if the leaders of time first learned about Christianity but the church had introduced false teachings or the leaders didn't like the teachings?
What if their response was to make their own religion? Do you know the problem with man-made religion? The way that the human mind thinks has been influenced by how the world thinks. Do you know how the world thinks? Actions and works = results. Study hard = high grades. Give in order to receive. It is all about your efforts and the daily to do list.
The original books have indeed been warped and modified but the original books are still around. Why do you think the FSM religion was created? It is because the man who created it didn't like the teachings of the church that he went to. That or the church gave he wrong teachings. Maybe the members of the church congregation weren't so forgiving or accepting of any outsiders.
So how do I know that all the other religions are incorrect? They are based off something that is true but have been modified to the human way of thinking.