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In my opinion, the ONLY time anyone is EVER sorry for anything they've ever done is when faced with consequences.
"I'm sorry I killed a man"
"I'm sorry I robbed that bank"
"I'm sorry I cheated"
etc., etc., etc.
WHY is it, that any time ANYONE is sorry, the only reason is that they don't want to have to live up to the consequences? but by that point, it is usually too late anyways. That murderer on death row is as good as fried, no matter how many apologies he's made. The bank robber is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, the cheater is divorced. Perhaps, he's a free man if he can clear his conscience of guilt related to what he's done, unless he's had children with the woman he cheated on whom aren't yet adults, in which case he'll very likely be paying child support until they are.
Same goes for religion.
A sinner isn't truly sorry that they have sinned and fallen short of the glory of their lord and savior, they just don't want to go to hell when they die. That's all it really is.
So WHY, is it, that we cannot be truly sorry for what we've done except when faced with punishment?
And what is it, that scares us so much of the repercussions of our actions?
What if, man did not know fear? What if religion did not exist?
How much different would our world be today?
Most of our morals and values now days, stemmed from religion. Whether you acknowledge it or not.
By a book, written hundreds (and possibly thousands) of years ago, whose word has been taken for granted by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, but it's authenticity still remains to be proven.
Speaking of which, every religion has it's own form of the bible. From the Holy Bible, to the Holy Qu`ran, and everything in between. Either one of the religions are right, or none of them are.
And what if it does happen, that "God" could be dis-proven? Would you stop believing? Of course not. You would be quick to disregard any evidence that a God doesn't exist, as nonsense. That's how deep your religion has been sewn into your brain.
(covering the christian religion in this section, mainly.)
It was taught to you since you were a very young age, and it has been taught to you well. At least once weekly through an organized group of worship called "Church", where you were among others that were bound to the same religious beliefs as you and your parents. Teaching everything from how the earth was created in 7 days, and how man was made from the dust of the earth, to the end times known as the "Tribulation period", where the "devil", the master of all evil, will roam free and wreak havoc and destruction upon the world... and God will let him. Not leaving out any aspect about how the a savior will return to bring you to heaven/paradise/wherever when they return if you've lived a good life, by the rules that this book tells you to live your life by. If you do otherwise, of course, there will be punishment.
Enter: Hell.
This place, this evil ethereal plane, called hell is the last stop for anyone and everyone that has disobeyed the rules they have to live by according to their book. It is a place of eternal pain and suffering beyond anything imaginable.
This place of all evil, is the heart of all religion. The method of control to keep the masses under it's veil. Without it, without something to fear, people would lose all interest in religion and be free to simply do as they pleased, without fear of later repercussions.
Essentially, all religion is, is brainwashing.
Now you may say something along the lines of "Well, what about the people that claim to have religious experiences? or visions?". Well, let me leave you with this: If you truly believe in something to be real, it becomes real to you. Not sure if that made any sense to you at all, but your brain will play tricks on you if you deeply believe something and make it seem like it IS real!
Your brain is such a powerful tool, that you can even manage to deceive yourself! Have you ever told a lie so great that even you had believed it to be true? I have, and it can be a scary thing, that the human brain can be manipulated so easily.
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In my opinion, the ONLY time anyone is EVER sorry for anything they've ever done is when faced with consequences.
"I'm sorry I killed a man"
"I'm sorry I robbed that bank"
"I'm sorry I cheated"
etc., etc., etc.
WHY is it, that any time ANYONE is sorry, the only reason is that they don't want to have to live up to the consequences? but by that point, it is usually too late anyways. That murderer on death row is as good as fried, no matter how many apologies he's made. The bank robber is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, the cheater is divorced. Perhaps, he's a free man if he can clear his conscience of guilt related to what he's done, unless he's had children with the woman he cheated on whom aren't yet adults, in which case he'll very likely be paying child support until they are.
Same goes for religion.
A sinner isn't truly sorry that they have sinned and fallen short of the glory of their lord and savior, they just don't want to go to hell when they die. That's all it really is.
So WHY, is it, that we cannot be truly sorry for what we've done except when faced with punishment?
And what is it, that scares us so much of the repercussions of our actions?
What if, man did not know fear? What if religion did not exist?
How much different would our world be today?
Most of our morals and values now days, stemmed from religion. Whether you acknowledge it or not.
By a book, written hundreds (and possibly thousands) of years ago, whose word has been taken for granted by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, but it's authenticity still remains to be proven.
Speaking of which, every religion has it's own form of the bible. From the Holy Bible, to the Holy Qu`ran, and everything in between. Either one of the religions are right, or none of them are.
And what if it does happen, that "God" could be dis-proven? Would you stop believing? Of course not. You would be quick to disregard any evidence that a God doesn't exist, as nonsense. That's how deep your religion has been sewn into your brain.
(covering the christian religion in this section, mainly.)
It was taught to you since you were a very young age, and it has been taught to you well. At least once weekly through an organized group of worship called "Church", where you were among others that were bound to the same religious beliefs as you and your parents. Teaching everything from how the earth was created in 7 days, and how man was made from the dust of the earth, to the end times known as the "Tribulation period", where the "devil", the master of all evil, will roam free and wreak havoc and destruction upon the world... and God will let him. Not leaving out any aspect about how the a savior will return to bring you to heaven/paradise/wherever when they return if you've lived a good life, by the rules that this book tells you to live your life by. If you do otherwise, of course, there will be punishment.
Enter: Hell.
This place, this evil ethereal plane, called hell is the last stop for anyone and everyone that has disobeyed the rules they have to live by according to their book. It is a place of eternal pain and suffering beyond anything imaginable.
This place of all evil, is the heart of all religion. The method of control to keep the masses under it's veil. Without it, without something to fear, people would lose all interest in religion and be free to simply do as they pleased, without fear of later repercussions.
Essentially, all religion is, is brainwashing.
Now you may say something along the lines of "Well, what about the people that claim to have religious experiences? or visions?". Well, let me leave you with this: If you truly believe in something to be real, it becomes real to you. Not sure if that made any sense to you at all, but your brain will play tricks on you if you deeply believe something and make it seem like it IS real!
Your brain is such a powerful tool, that you can even manage to deceive yourself! Have you ever told a lie so great that even you had believed it to be true? I have, and it can be a scary thing, that the human brain can be manipulated so easily.
