DELUSION (is dangerous)

Delusion.

In the beginning, we are born,
into a wondrous world.
we know no language,
But we learn.
We know no forms of logic or reason,
But we learn.
We learn how to operate in our environments,
How food is grown,
How to clean ourselves,
How to keep ourselves healthy.
It's only natural that we become curious
that we would need to know more.
Why is the sky blue?
Where did life come from?
Why are we here?
We need to know.
And if we don't find out,
We guess.
We make it up.
And that works for a time.
But soon we start to believe the answers we've invented.
Soon we give it power.
Soon we give it principles.
We teach it to others.
We create dogma,
blasphemy.
We create "evil"
and to counter that evil...
punishment.
Delusion:
the seed of extremism
and man's greatest assassin.

Delusion is dangerous.

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[DarkZerkerX]

Some Creationists believe that their god talks to them when in reality it's just them hearing things. What if one of those Creationists have the power to launch even 1 nuke? What if that specific person heard their god say to launch that nuke at an "unholy" country? Delusion is not just dangerous, its a timebomb to extinction.

[chris200830]

great video,i really hope to see the day when there is no more religion...but i can only live for another 90 years if i'm lucky :((

[osuasheuatl]

@Zackperry7 How do you know? You prove no evidence. You clearly have put no effort into really judging your beliefs, and they are full of holes. You use fear as a tactic to win over converts, which is a sad mistake. You're what's wrong with religion; exactly what videos like this warn against.

[Zackperry7]

repent you non belivers or you will regret it

[daemonowner]

@DarkZerkerX Right now, Iran (ruled by a person who thinks his messiah will leave a well in a desert and send him to heaven if he bombs israel) is arming itself with nuclear weapons with our consent.

America has the largest and most advanced army, as well as a devastating cache of nuclear weapons, so we should really attempt to get america secularised as much as possible in the future, and then focus is islam.

[ServeTheHive]

@LastDayInSin Because there is no point in knowing.

[themsfightinwoids]

Religious delusion is not just dangerous -- it is psychologically abusive to our children, whom it teached to self-loathe as being born evil, and tells them that they must believe in and submit to an undetectable angry judging superman in the sky or else face eternal punishment. Religion is a noxious psychological cancer and a retardant to the advancement of civilization.

[DanRossiTV]

wow. GREAT video. i want a sequel lol. the only problem is, the quality is kinda low.

[ferrett78]

However, there actually HAS been research in this area, and there is a very strongly supported negative correlation. Essentially this means that, as you become more intelligent (as measured by level of education completed), there is a strong possibility that an individual will be LESS religious.

There is also evidence to support the theory that this is a trend present historically (especially if we include Deism as a non-theist philosophy)

[ferrett78]

@marcotai Just a small note on your use of broad statistics. Quoting "the majority of geniuses in our history were and are religious people" doesn't really mean anything if you don't demonstrate that the proportion is different than the overall population. Otherwise your argument is basically "the majority of all people are religious". ie: there is no correlation between religiosity and "genius-ness"

[entwood]

@marcotai There is nothing delusional about the intent of this video. It promotes rational thinking while exposing the dangers of delusion. Calling a spade a spade is not anti-religious extremism, it's just stating the bleeding obvious.

[Strike2k2]

@marcotai ""It's true that religious extremism is delusional and

dangerous"" Belief in anything without evidence is dangerous. Extreme or not.

"""Respect of other people beliefs is the key""" So if someone believes the world is flat, or that oxygen doesn't exist or perhaps i should respect an adult that believes Santa Clause is real. Am i supposed to respect these beliefs as well? I'm sorry, but anyone who believes in something without evidence deserves to be laughed at and ridiculed.