Just like the title says, why does man feel a need for dogma? What good does it do to believe in heaven and hell? Why not just live life to the fullest without the fear of eternal punishment? Now don't go saying I'm just against god and things like that. I grew up in a Christian household, my grandfather was a Baptist minister. Yet I just can't understand why man has to have belief in a higher spiritual power. Hell I was clinically dead for 47 seconds before and I saw no light, no loved ones that had passed, and no ultimate truth. It was just nothingness.

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God I hope this post makes as much sense as I think it did. Sorry had a few rum n' cokes tonight, along with my usual downers as prescribed, and a fat blunt of purple moonshine. So not sure how much sense this will make, but it did make sense in my head, lol.

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Money. . . thats the real roots of organized religion. . . more people have died or been killed over organized religions quest for the almighty dollar than for any other reason in the history of the planet. I believe there is a higher power but I'm not gonna let any person tell me who or what that is or who or what I should believe in

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it's certainty and safety. black and white. you do this and you will get rewarded with this but if you do that than you will be punished with that... there would be no "life rules" which might result in either total chaos or total freedom... and the chaos is too risky... (money too)

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Originally Posted by Xeno420 Hey! I made a boo boo... It's free to be kind, no charge.

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how could you not like woman There so soft and warm. Almost like rabbits but less furry

The people who fear uncertainty and believe anything to comfort themselves have become a tool of our industry corrupted government that commands our tax dollars, military, domestic and foreign policy. It is not black and white but it's important to recognize the difference between the gullible who think they get an eternal luxury cruise in the sky in exchange for abstinence and the snakes who preach to them to get ahead because we live in the era of American megachurches. The important thing is for people like us to do more than be curious about why they're so stupid and do more to minimize their impact. As for the effect of faith on man's cognition you should check out Patton Oswalt's bit on sky cake.

I'm loving the answers so far. I'm also loving the fact that this thread hasn't become an argument, yet. I was expecting this thread to become an all out fight between theists and non-theists. Let's keep this thread alive, because I'd love to also see some answers from those that have religion in their lives, as long as they don't start claiming we are going to hell for not believing or using the bible as historical proof.

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i also grew up in a christian home and saw the game that people are playing, with other people at an early age., its so easy to do something bad, then say " im forgiven", because ive confessed my sins, then you see the same person going and @#$%ing up again the next weekend, then they are in church first thing sunday morning, the preachers are laughing all the way 2 the bank, people "find god" in prison all the time, the world is full of hypocrites and backstabbers, i found most of them in church, im not trying 2 hate on it, cause i know it helps some people, im just saying i believe what i know, and im not going 2 let anything or anyone, (religion wise),control me, that way, i know my consequences are mine, i will not blame god for my misfortune but take responsibility 4 my own actions.

well said turkish, i agree.
however, the masses of people in general need something to believe in to lift their spirits out of a dreary existence of the routine of work and what little social life remains after a long work day etc etc. for me it is simple, i do what i like, believe what i like (my own thing)and dont preach it to others. our time is better spent living the life we have rather than creating war over whose religion is the right one.

People need religion... because people are scared to die. Want to have something to look forward to.

YAY God ! lol

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"Rarely is the question asked: is our children learning"- G.W.B.

It's been said,(I don't know by whom)that "If God did not exsist,Man would have felt the need to invent Him"People seem to need the feeling that they are being "watched out for"