Religion!
time to let it rest in peace...
the world would still be in the dark ages if religion hadn't stoped persecuting science... (inqusition)
Time to take off the "training wheels" that man's religions represent... time to aknowledge that all religions are made up no different than any other made up institution created purely from man's imagination and
time to realize that people's understanding of anything 2000-3000 years ago was incomplete at best and that the only hope for the present or future of humans is science and
further improvements in science without which or rather without continuous improvements in science and technology there is no hope at all for an ever improving future...
and humans are doomed to repeat the faith of Easter Island (Lost-Gods-of-Easter-Islands, Easter-Islanders, Chariots-Of-Gods) who prayed and sacrificed to their made up Gods faithful to the end in the process of which destroying their life sustaining habitat and have gone extinct...
as for what happens to your (cubic cm size 'orb' of energy) soul when you die, maybe a scientist will tell you some day that it slides/slips into a very near by but ever so slightly different version
of your self in the most nearest parallel universe to you and goes on living without ever realizing that you "died" which is noticed only by those around you who did not slide into the nearest parallel universe finding your remains no longer functioning as usual where you died...
moreover: Religion should loose it's tax exempt status at the minimum and be treated as any common business being held accountable for fradulent claims being made and disbanded or prosecuted under the law for any purposefull misrepresentations or inability to prove public claims it's making ...
I would further venture to say that if you really believe in religion than your not taking full responsibility for your self in the present always citing other forces (guiding) in your decisions and actions
in the here and now life that you have (a moment in time), you want something greater to take care of you now/later and willing to put behind that hope your energy and effort, it's not going to happen, its
all made up to harvest your good intentions in the present filling your head with self sustaining non-sense, you would be much better off each sunday/saturday to play chess, go jogging or listen to science podcasts...
