"What's so bad about religion?" (Richard Dawkins)

This is a small part the documentary "The Root of all Evil" with Richard Dawkins. Here he concisely explains why he sees religion as a harmful force in the world.

The Root of all Evil Part 1 (The God Delusion) -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nAos1M-_Ts
The Root of all Evil Part 2 (The Virus of Faith) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVy-0E1x620

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[AlexanderJayxo]

Richard is so right

[rioyuske]

@Sonic3EXE Based upon what? Your own personal beliefs?

[Sonic3EXE]

It will take me atleast three more long comments to explain the bullshit behind religion and why it's not good at all.

[Sonic3EXE]

If your obedient, unquestioning and have an unshakable fear of your God to the point where you can barely live your life as a human or have little to large annoying limitations on the things that you can do, then there's something wrong.....that and the fact that your mind is also being controlled and deceived.

[Sonic3EXE]

Religion controls people Through guilt trip and fear. The guilt trip aspect is when the religion's god says that they created you and other things for and they love and etcetera. The fear aspect is when the religions God says they will damn you for eternity or create a certain natural disaster if you do not obey or sacrifice something. Another important factor is the religions reward system. The rewards are "blessings" and heaven.

[Sonic3EXE]

Religion is for people who are ignorant and satisfied with the world around them. My most hated religion of is Christianity because half the shit in the bible sounds like folk tales and dramatic unrealistic events

[EternalFuu]

@mercyless202 I agree with you that a lot of religious doctrines are not only factually inaccurate but also morally questionable. However, like I said before its not the doctrines themselves that are dangerous but what people choose to do with them. Cultures and communities accurately reflect the average quality of the individuals that make them up; even a relatively benign religion like Buddhism can be twisted into something ugly in a community of hateful people.

[EternalFuu]

@mercyless202 I grew up in a fundamentalist family (pentacostal to be exact). All the people I knew were theists and I was sent to private school for most of my childhood. I still ended up as an atheist by the age of 13 and I did so by using my own critical thinking skills.

IMO, the real problem isn't so much religion, per se, but that people too easily allow their thinking to be dictated by the beliefs and expectations of others.