_matt_

When you break ALL, not some, ALL organized religions down to their most basic, fundamental, foundational parts, they all start looking like the cult and bamboozlement example of Scientology....they're all based on a master/slave servitude (in which you are FORCED, for eternity, to love an unknowable being whom you FEAR), and the complete subjectification of women (New Testament, 1 Corinthians, Chapter 14, verse 34-36 reads "As in all the congregations of the saints, 34 women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says. 35 If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church"). Contemporary preachers don't like to preach about the old testament much, because they would then have to account for all of the slavery, rape, torture, human sacrifice, honor killings, incest, and genocide enjoined on Moses by god's own words. The above "scripture" is from the NEW TESTAMENT.....all organized religion is nothing but the purest form of ancient hatred, misogyny and religious bamboozlement that was originally presented to and in some cases forced upon illiterate, sheep hearding peasants in bronze age palestine at a time when EVERYONE on Earth was completely ignorant about biology, chemistry, anthropology, cosmology, and the rest. We should conform to their notions of good and evil? I think not!! You should joint the Athiests group. I'm very passionate about this subject matter.