Saturday, February 04, 2006

Religion Is the Ultimate Chain Letter

We have all received a chain letter telling us to copy it and pass it on to X number of friends.Of course what these letters have in common is that they contain a story both positive and negative.The positive side tells of a man/ woman who won/found money/love/goodfortune or something very positive right after passing on the letter with the implication that this is the reward for passing it on.Of course the alternative to a positive reward is a negative punishment for not passing it on .This invariably takes the form of loss of money/job/spouse and just general horrific luck.This twin combination of reward and horrific punishment is enough to make a normal person blanche.However it gets worse when it is carried to it's logical conclusion and that is heaven and hell.An eternal run of good luck if you pass on the message or an eternal run of bad luck spent burning in hell if you don't.By comparison what happened to our earthly friends who did not pass on the chain letter is zero.Can it be any wonder that religion with it's many stories repeated over and over both positive and negative should be so powerful.Imagine if instead of receiving a letter you and you ancestors were handed a book one thousand times bigger than a letter with rewards and punishments one thousand times greater.Is it any wonder that such a powerful shocking book which supposedly comes from God no less should be repeated for centuries.If one is going to carry on a grand hoax it must be taken to the limit and that is where God comes in.Of course God loves his children and is merciful but has a concentration camp called Hell ready for anyone who does'nt pass on the message but no one said God had to be consistent! When people grow up they are supposed to be able to see and recognize a chain letter for what it is but so called holy books are so powerful that grown people can go their entire lives and keep doing what it says. A perfect analogy between two manipulative stories. You will never think about the message in so called holy books the same ever again.

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

A Banged Up Brain Produces Religious Converts

One thing which we have all noticed but never put together is the fact that boxers oftentime become deeply religious.There are various world famous boxers who have become religious but non who have become scientists.After years of having their brains bounced against their skulls feelings of religious rapture seem to follow.Of course what is absurd is that there are people who want to emulate brain damaged people which of course could only occur in someone who is somewhat deficient themselves.It is no coincidence that religious proselytizers instinctively target prisons and schools where young minds haven't developed the ability to discern nonsense from reality. Logically people who feel the same things as others must have similar processes happening in their brains otherwise there is no physical basis for consciousness. The neurology of similar experiences must be similar in different brains.So all feelings of religion are the outcome of partially destroyed brains that is if one believes that a brain which has been bounced around for years will have sustained some damage and that seems as obvious as anything one can imagine.Of course the damage can be self inflicted even if only by repitition of quotes but it must nonetheless be there.Using a little logic we have connected brain damage via boxing,the commonality of similar neurology producing similar effects and religious experience to prove that there must be some common brain malfunction among religious people whether boxers or not and how else could it be?Boxing and brain damage is conducive to religion but here is not one instance of it being conducive to mathematics.What else could explain the belief in angels and other schizophrenic and of course unproven ideas.Religious people with their grand pronouncements,obsessive compulsive behaviours,iron age beliefs and overiding desire to control others should be accorded all the respect and given all the authority that a brain damged person deserves.