Thank you!
Its surprising to me how SO MANY people are so easily sucked into these fairytale cults. Religion, AA and Behavior Modification programs all prey on the weak and gullible and teach them to judge everyone else for not believing the same nonsense. When will the world wake up from the mass hypnosis that quacks who have long ago left this earth set us under.
The other day I visited my little sister who told me that she was afraid to go live with the devil... apparently my grandmother has been telling her about the bible, and she really thinks these stories are true, like Santa Claus! The problem is that these are the same stories that people have been convinceing their children of for years, and apparently people haven't learned to grow up and take a story on face value, as just a story. No, in fact instead they base their whole life and conviction upon the illusion that these fairytales are real and that everyone else should believe them as well. I never understood why people felt the need to impose their religion on other people, as though "non believers" are somehow lost or in need of saving... when in reality it could only be the opposite, because for anyone else who is willing to live in such self inflicted delusions its only common sense that these people could be considered sick, or crazy.
How is a religion any different than a cult? a widely accepted cult but a cult none the less. Especially when branches of said cults are created to "fix" people, like AA. AA carries all aspects of what could be considered a modern day religious crusade, where people are not only forced into the control of the religion (ie the court ordered AA meetings) but as well convinced that they are helpless without the help of their divine assistance. Religious crusades have been responsible for these mass conversions since the beginning of recorded history and considering the success of the past what makes you think anything would stop them now? Only difference is their tactics have changed with the times, and their beliefs are more widely accepted in the general public that not too many people feel the need to openly question it. Lets face it, stupid people have been breeding stupid people for so long we have evolved to exclude the will of questioning our society. Too many people are willing to go along with whatever they are told, and blindly believe in something their whole lives that it has become near impossible to wake anyone up out of their religious comas.
Despite the fact that Religion is single-handedly responsible for most of the world wars, including the one we are paying for as we speak we still can't bear to purge ourselves of the bed time stories that make us feel all warm and cozy inside. My question is, are we really all that weak? Do we as a society need to convince ourselves of such ridiculous ideals in order to live our lives in a moral manner? Is it really so wrong to just live your life on your own terms? I can't say I have so much faith in the dumb-masses but as individuals we should all be able to make up our own minds.
