07-28-2007, 09:39 AM
Beign gay isn't a choice dude, but I think I get what you are trying to say.
Religion is like the government without the legal power to do anything good with the influence they have over people. It exists to keep those who let themselves get drawn to it down, and to try to stamp out individuality outside of its own ranks as well as inside.
Religion started as a healthy guidance point, encouraging questions and letting people have differing opinions... Then they got hungry for the power they could have over people by giving them exact answers to every problem. To paraphrase.. "Do this and be rewarded in heaven, do that, and be cast down to the hells" Its pointless, yet people will eat it up like a kid with a free run of the candy store.
Religion is like the government without the legal power to do anything good with the influence they have over people. It exists to keep those who let themselves get drawn to it down, and to try to stamp out individuality outside of its own ranks as well as inside.
Religion started as a healthy guidance point, encouraging questions and letting people have differing opinions... Then they got hungry for the power they could have over people by giving them exact answers to every problem. To paraphrase.. "Do this and be rewarded in heaven, do that, and be cast down to the hells" Its pointless, yet people will eat it up like a kid with a free run of the candy store.
