This

This.

Agreed.
If it weren't for religion my father wouldn't be in hell for killing himself.
Feels bad man, fuck religion.

I could hear the guy in the audience shouting "YEAH!" as I read this.

So these... are the philosophers of the 21st century......... not bad not bad at all....

Yes user, I see you posted a picture containing a quote.

Now what the fuck is your argument?

>thing thing THING thing thing thing thing
>insubstantial affirmations

General education was a mistake

Religion has existed for many thousands of years in every society because the kinds of explanations it provides are precisely the kinds that come naturally to human minds. Science, on the other hand, is a much more recent and rare development because it reaches radical conclusions and requires a kind of abstract thinking that only arises consistently under very specific social conditions. Religion makes intuitive sense to us, while science requires a lot of work.
So no, religion didn't "happen" to mankind. Religion is natural, it is a continuation of mankind. Science happened to mankind, and we have gained much wealth and lost some identity to it. Religion didn't happen, it was always there, its part of us.

>Science, on the other hand, is a much more recent and rare development because it reaches radical conclusions and requires a kind of abstract thinking that only arises consistently under very specific social conditions
>implying "science" is a unitary discipline, synonymous with "magic"

>Ignoring the fact that all the arts, laws and values that make up western civ have their origins in christianity
People this dense
The 'muh wars' arguments is literally the most fedora thing ever, most wars were political anyway and wars are necessary to human development and fought without religion nevertheless

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