@Hi My Name Is,
If I may, I think everyone should take the time to gain and understanding and knowledge of the original formation of religion. The apostolic writings and methods to transferring through scribes the letters and writings. Along with that, the origins of religion.
Anyone who understands why religions were formed would also understand the argument against religions. It's so simple. Blind leading the blind. Writings which looked to be written by a certain person or a certain individuals name on them or even writings that looked as though they could see into the future and prophetic about it were really just written about the past up until the point where the writer died.
Most of everything revolving around religion revolves around fighting. Heck, Christians were the worst ones, fighting about the doctrine of their own religions until they came up with something tasteful.
For example, the Trinity. This was post bible. It wasn't scripture and it wasn't truth, it was something they came up with to explain why Christians were worshiping a holy spirit. The trinity itself is NOT in the bible. There's no such thing yet we fail ourselves believing in what other men wrote. Not even that, many of the scribes that transferred these writings were slaves.
So, IMHO, anyone who is devout to their religion without at least a general understanding of the history and formation of religion is shooting in the dark, because once we understand the history of it, it's then and only then that we can begin to see clearly why there are so many religions and how it gave us a device to judge with. A sword to judge with.
No matter what religion it is, there's a history to it. You can take and read the letters written that were argued about and fought about back in the days... read them as scripture or understand them as a part of history and understand the history of them.
Religion is hogwash. Any educated person who understands and has a clear and concise knowledge of the history of religion would agree. This is why Scientists and scholars don't usually subscribe to any religion. They actually have 'thought' about it and taken the time to educate themselves on the history of it and the events that were happening during the time the religions were formed.
If you don't know or understand the history of religion, have know knowing of the Roman Empire and the political happenings of the time in history that brought us through today and the GODs that were created by man to worship throughout the centuries, then it's suggested that we take the time to learn about these things.
If I went around from Church to Church in the US asking if the Holy Trinity was in the bible, most, if not 99% of these people would say yes it is. They don't even know what's written in their own scriptures let alone use the device to judge another.
It's a vicious cycle. Blind leading the blind. Dumb leading the dumber. Funny thing is, faith, as silly as it may seem, prevents people from discovering the history and just gives them a device to judge others based on their faith. Not only judge others but judge heaven and hell and all that other hogwash.
Religion is very confusing. All religions have a history and in that history is shown that men wrote these words we so blindly believe in. If you believe in your religion based on faith, then that's up to you. However, if you are ever willing to step up and actually learn about why you believe in your faith, you'll discover truth and in truth there is no room for religion or faith.
