What's wrong with people? (Part Three)

Some of these texts have caused so much death and cruelty that I have the opposite view of them. I think the small truths and insights they contain have been carefully placed there to add weight to the lies. In fact their primary role has been to put the conditions in place to create death and destruction. If viewed from this perspective they have been very successful. The worst of these have been without doubt the religious texts.

Where did we get the idea that Man needs religion?  When did you decide you needed religion and was it your idea or was it a suggestion? When isolated races are encountered they have legends of better times and beings who had superior knowledge. They acknowledge a force in the universe that is more powerful than themselves but they don't seek salvation through others,  instead looking to themselves to become one with their world. Nor do they present texts and assign them ridiculous abilities or status. No they see the creator in the envirionment and give thanks for what the get from it and try as best they are able to live in harmony with it. Yet we "modern" types are told that we are born evil by some and inferior to all. We are also told that we need to be "saved" and that we can only be "saved" by joining one camp or another.

The religion I was educated to states that the saviour can be likened to a good shepherd, caring for the flock and looking out for strays. A cosy picture to the ignorant but I am a country person and understand the shepherds work well, it is true to say they care for the flock and look after strays, however they also fleece, skin, kill and eat the flock. I do not think the analogy was an accident nor do I believe they were selective in meaning. I think our ancestors knew all to well the foe that besets us and at every turn left clues for those that would see.

A little while back I mentioned evil. Let us take a quick look at the question of evil. Religion tells us that man has two natures. Good and Evil. The issue is in definition as what is good to one is bad to another. What is more true to say is we are creatures that are able to make choices and we were given consciences to balance those decisions. Oh but wait psychopaths don't have one.  Then we have the “story” of how Man was not originally evil and that evil came to Man. god so the “story” goes creates Man in his image and then denies him some aspect of knowledge? Stating that should he, god be disobeyed then Man would surely die.

Adam is said to have worked for god caring for the garden and doing chores for God. The “story” tells that Eve (I shall return to Eve) fell under the influence of the Evil one and partakes of the knowledge. (One could ask who created the evil one?) Interestingly nowhere in the Genesis is there any mention be it direct or indirect of the devil being involved. Yet despite having broken gods rule about gaining the knowledge god did not kill them as first stated, but it appears did chuck a hissy fit and tossed them out of the garden.

It would appear that evil existed before Man was created. Perhaps this suggests that Good and Evil are equal parts of duality with only one or the others ability to sway votes making the difference on who is on top? We find in Isaiah 45:7 “I create evil …” So now according to text, god can and does create evil as desired. Let us take a closer look at the commandments as dictated to us and other extracts from the "good" book:-

"Thou shalt not kill --- Thus sayeth the Lord of Israel… Broken by this:  Put every man his sword by his side and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour."  Exodus 12:27

"Thou shalt not steal" --- A commandment broken when they robbed the cities as instructed.

"Thou shalt not covet the property of a neighbour"  --- Another commandment broken when the very land was confiscated. 

We are told in the “story” that Cain after he killed Abel was banished forever … but was given a "mark" by god to prevent him being killed. The question here is killed by whom? As supposedly there was only Cain and his parents Adam and Eve in creation. And why is god keen to spare him? Logic here states that Cain must have gone on to become the primary ancestor of Mankind and he was by all accounts "evil" and curiously "protected" by god to ensure his genetics survived. I find that very disturbing. Another thing that is worthy of attention is the fact that Jesus rebuked all public prayer. Yet despite this it was made a staple of the Church. I thought Jesus was the son of god? Perhaps he was, but not the son of (lowercase g) god but rather the son of (uppercase G) God. This would help explain the direct contradictions between the ideals of Jesus and the practices of god (lowercase g).

All religions dance to the same tune. Superstitions interwoven with myths and fables. They make half the people fools and the other half rogues; they can be used by leaders (usually psychopaths) to justify wars and other insanities as what god wants while at the same time allowing the collection of wealth and power. As I said before they have been the largest cause of mass death in our recorded history. They exploit mankind by appealing to the deep need of man not to feel alone.

I think we have found one of our triggers.

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