My old school friend Darcy said the same thing to me back in the day. We were kewl teenagers at the time, but I said "Dude, why should I believe in God? What evidence is there other than a book filled with stories?" and he goes "What evidence is there that he doesn't exist?".
A question so fucking stupid no one can answer.
Look at other nations, and realize how easy it is to depict religious control in the Arabic nations. Like Westerners, they have total belief in what they think and say. Like the Westerners, all they have is a book written in English.
Were people even speaking English when Christ was born?
Anyone who has bothered reading Saddam Hussien's transcripts will notice that he uses the word "Allah" more than the word "and".
Anyone who has bothered listening to G. W. Bush will know that he dubs America God's chosen.
Likewise, I believe religion is a way of life - moral. It supposedly makes people good, and that is often a good thing - but religion is totally dominated by governments using it for murder, lies and war to gain finance, resource and power.
God is for those who need God. Ever been to one of those dark stores where they sell evil books and stuff? It is all written seriously, but everyone and their mother knows it isn't and isn't supposed to be true. Religion is a buyable version of that.
Whilst religion isn't a bad thing, it makes you vulnerable to control, which isn't a good thing.
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