Most cults through out history failed, those which succeeded and reached political power became a "religion".
All their representatives messed up history to their own advantage to be rememebred in a certain way, then again they are needed to preserve a form of hierarchy in society to prevent chaos and give people with weak self esteem some sort of comfort to questions such as "what is my goal in life" or "where do we go after we die". All promise heaven, or something like it, since humans are so greedy and need something in return to behave the way each cult/religion asks. The simplest reason of all, people feel lost and need a guide, and since few have a certain degree of self control and self discipline they actualy need a Book to differ/tell what is right from wrong.
All their representatives messed up history to their own advantage to be rememebred in a certain way, then again they are needed to preserve a form of hierarchy in society to prevent chaos and give people with weak self esteem some sort of comfort to questions such as "what is my goal in life" or "where do we go after we die". All promise heaven, or something like it, since humans are so greedy and need something in return to behave the way each cult/religion asks. The simplest reason of all, people feel lost and need a guide, and since few have a certain degree of self control and self discipline they actualy need a Book to differ/tell what is right from wrong.
Judaism's Kingdom of David, Islamic Empire, Christian Holy Roman Empire, Buddhist advisors to Chinese Emperors, Shinto Samurais ruling Japanese territories, just keep looking around you All their representatives messed up history to their own advantage
by Doodeh May 4, 2005
Get the religion mug.A belief system lacking in logic. Denies in some shape or form hard-to-accept facts, such as death, chance, and chaos. Often includes rituals and rules. Frequently abused by authorities to keep the masses under control. Includes shamanism, monotheism, henotheism, etc. Often the source of bad decisions.
The Scandinavians starved themselves to death by not learning from the pagan natives how to survive in Greenland.
Members of the Panawave Laboratory believe their leader is dying from communist microwaves attacks.
Members of the Panawave Laboratory believe their leader is dying from communist microwaves attacks.
by Tom November 20, 2003
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Religion is for weak-minded people who can't think for themselves and need an readily avalible scape-goat so the don't have to take the blame. Also the cause of war and hate in mankind. A scam to make the peole of the "church" rich.
by yin-yang August 6, 2003
Get the religion mug.A man once said 'Religion is a tool the Devil uses to play man against himself'. Try not to take the 'Devil' part to seriously and imagine the Devil as a force and how the 'Devil' plays on emotions like insecurity. All religions believe they are right and all the other thousands of religions are wrong, the more people that believe in a certain religion the more they all feel they are right eg: if there was a religion with say only 5 members everyone would laugh there beliefs off without question but the more people that believe in something the more it is taken as genuine. Now when a large number of people believe in something different to what another large number of people believe it makes them feel insecure in the way of making them feel there might be a chance they might not be right. This is why you get religious wars, if the opposing people wont believe in what you do then you kill them and with them out of the way and no more opposing views, you feel secure again also a lot of religions recruit with fear eg: Catholics use the fear of hell and tell people that if you dont believe in what they do that is where you are going and they tell Catholic childern this from a very young age in an attempt to stop them from leaving the religion in later life. This is what has happened throughout history and will continue to happen if religion exists although a lot of religious poeple dont feel thretened by others there will always be the insecure ones that cant stand people believing in things they do, people should be able to believe in what they want as long as there a good person, people should be able to look at life and make there own decisions on what they want to believe, and kids should certainly not be brought up with there parents telling them what to believe, sure there parents can tell them what they believe but at the same time tell them they can believe whatever they want to believe in as long as they are a good person. Just remember most religions are nearly identical in there morals eg peace, love, charity etc its just the different ways of worship that divide them, and these are what calls all the wars which is so stupid if you think about it and worship is what devines a religion, so if you take out worship what do you have: 'Good Morals'. Religious people need to take there living morals seriously but have a less intense and serious approach to worship or things like: what happens when you die, is god a man or is god a not of sex, was Jesus really the sun of God or was he a prophet, none of these things really matter on a day to day basis its the living morals that really count.
Physicist and Nobel prizewinner Stephen Weinberg describes religion as an insult to human dignity. 'Without it,' he says, 'you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, it takes religion.'. It is more moral, he says, to do good for its own sake than out of fear. Morality, he says, is older than religion, and kindness and generosity are innate in human beings, as they are in other social animals. The irony is that science recognises the majesty and complexity of the universe while religions lead to easy, closed answers.
by Nemesis June 17, 2006
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by Spanky November 14, 2004
Get the Religion mug.The Dunning-Kruger effect, summarized, states that fools are blind to their own foolishness, and the more foolish, the more blind. Ignorant people tend to see themselves as highly competent, particularly in the areas in which they are mostly uneducated.
In religion, the most dramatic example of the Dunning-Kruger effect is Creationism. The Bible as a Top-secret code for living a good life is ignored and some interpret the bible literally and are totally unable to interpret it as anything but the exact, word-for-word literal truth. Therefore, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, they insist the world is 6000 years old. "There is nothing new under the sun" references wordplay and why copyright infringement cases are mostly frivolous affairs of Human egoism. The newborn human child is something created new and proves we should not take every word literally.
It is a Top-secret code to be interpreted and understood individually.
People tend to be born into their religions, but the most obvious effect of the Dunning-Kruger is with the migration from Christianity to atheism or agnostic beliefs.
If you think you are a monkey's uncle, and yet claim to have moral superiority while denying absolute morals…then you are displaying the Dunning-Kruger effect.
The comfort generated by being in a majority fuel the effect and allows the effect to spread via religion.
An example: is a Family majority uniting to shun the only family member willing, to be Honest.
In religion, the most dramatic example of the Dunning-Kruger effect is Creationism. The Bible as a Top-secret code for living a good life is ignored and some interpret the bible literally and are totally unable to interpret it as anything but the exact, word-for-word literal truth. Therefore, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, they insist the world is 6000 years old. "There is nothing new under the sun" references wordplay and why copyright infringement cases are mostly frivolous affairs of Human egoism. The newborn human child is something created new and proves we should not take every word literally.
It is a Top-secret code to be interpreted and understood individually.
People tend to be born into their religions, but the most obvious effect of the Dunning-Kruger is with the migration from Christianity to atheism or agnostic beliefs.
If you think you are a monkey's uncle, and yet claim to have moral superiority while denying absolute morals…then you are displaying the Dunning-Kruger effect.
The comfort generated by being in a majority fuel the effect and allows the effect to spread via religion.
An example: is a Family majority uniting to shun the only family member willing, to be Honest.
Religious Dunning-Kruger is why After her funeral the family all shared a meal together except the one not invited who in her spirit gifted all two dozen of her long-stemmed yellow roses to the ladies working the hometown stores that night. Her spirit spread happiness after she died using the flesh of her firstborn son.
by Spiritual-Master January 27, 2022
Get the Religious Dunning-Kruger mug.A politically correct label for an organized group where people believe in some supernatural occurrences controlled by a supernatural being. Often is used for political gain and profit. Draws boundaries to all understanding.
Freedom of religion exists, but if you want to be president of the U.S.A., you'll be favored to win over almost anyone if you're Protestant.
by Ze March 12, 2005
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