1. The God of the Bible is No Delusion!

Comment #18372 by aussienurse on January 20, 2007 at 6:39 am

I'm new to this forum, and I must say I'm pleased I found this website! I was raised in a strict Roman Catholic upbringing, being taught about a God I should fear and being told I'm evil if I don't do this, this or that! What a waste of a childhood! It wasn't until I discovered science (including evolution) that I felt everything in the world finally made sense! Religion has done NOTHING to advance us as a society, and continues to be the cause for conflict, war, poverty and isolation. It supposedly teaches tolerance, acceptance and kindness, however most religious people I know are rude, conceited and intolerant of anyone other than those in their faith. Talk about hypocritical!!! Religion is a form of mass control from the times when the church had power and people were too scared to voice their opinions. Blind faith is dangerous - as evidenced by the state of the world at present. Sometimes the simplest explanations are the correct ones!