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Introduction to Religion

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My shows on the nature of religion seek to establish several claims that are often upsetting to people. I don't expect you to accept these assertions at first glance, of course. In a series of podcasts on superstition, I use reason and evidence to establish, prove and back up each one of these claims.

Religion is no different from any other superstition.
Religion is as destructive as any other child-indoctrinating cult.
Telling children that sky-ghosts exist, are always watching and judging them, and will send them to hell for disobedience, is child abuse.
There is no more chance that God exists than “square circles” or leprechauns exist.
By any objective moral standard, the fictional deity of the Old Testament is stone evil - genocidal, vain, vindictive and vengeful.
The Bible approves the following actions as the highest moral values:
- Genocide
- Slavery
- Rape
- Child rape/abuse
- Ritual human sacrifice
- The murder of innocents
- The killing of “false prophets” and unbelievers
- ...and so on.
Imagine your horror and disgust if you found my podcasts advocating the above crimes. This is a rational view of the cultish superstitions of religion. There are even uglier details if you look around.
Jesus is little better. Since there are no gods, very best that can be said about someone who claims to be the son of a god is that he is merely insane.
The Bible commands believers to put atheists to death, both in the Old and New Testaments. The fact that most cultists do not follow these commandments does not excuse their continued allegiance to evil doctrines. You're responsible for staying in the Ku Klux Klan Even if you don't want to kill blacks.
In 20 years of debating people, I have never once seen a cultist reject his superstition based on the evil nature of its doctrines.
Religious cults have nothing to do with morality or truth, but rather are mere superstitious conformity based on fear of social disapproval and pompous self-righteousness.
"Faith" is a synonym for prejudice - willed belief in the direct opposition of reason and evidence.

I am always willing to be corrected, but never by faith alone. One principle I stand by, which is that liberation from hateful superstition is essential for happiness.