Organized religions based on God(s), are artifacts of pre-modern cultures that in ancient times created all-powerful deities to explain and cope with the unknown.
Those who believe in God, find solace in an imaginary, spiritual being who watches over them and giving them protection.......................except for those whose God has allowed unimaginable torture, genocides, starvation of millions of innocent children, earthquakes, "holy wars", World Wars, landslides, volcanic eruptions, burning witches, plagues, hurricanes and floods that kill 10s of millions of "God's innocent children."
The leaders and followers of religious organizations ALWAYS seem have an answer for everything mystery although the answer is usually illogical and cloaked in doublespeak and if that doesn't convince an inquisitive and curious mind, there are the most important of all religious fall back phrases................
"You have to believe!"
"You have to have faith!"
"God gave Man, free will."
"Free Will" is probably the most ambiguous word in any religious or philosophical discourse. It can mean anything to anybody and therein lies the cop-out answer and solution to all modern mankind's mysteries. The justification for all the above described atrocities and mismanagement by a "loving and merciful God is.............. unquestioning faith.
If God and Heaven are one's ultimate goals, why is everyone afraid to die and why are they devastated when a loved passes away into that most glorious and perfect of all places called Heaven?
It would seem to the logical human mind that God would expect us to celebrate the "passing" of a loved one. Yet, this is not the case.
Therefore, to be sad about one's death is to be selfish and most certainly, an affront to God.
That conclusion fits all Aristotlean logic - the term, the proposition and the syllogism. Interestingly and antithetically, Aristotlean logic is taught at most religious schools.
Go figure.
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