heaven and hell are human concepts
Current mood:  complacent

I have a strong hate for organized religion in general, but growing up Catholic has fueled this bias. I'm trying to find ways to make this not sound shallow, I have all of these thoughts so it's difficult to type so bare with me. 

I think Christianity targets people in rough situations, that's why people have these dramatic stories on how religion "saved" them from something. But in a way I think that says more about how harmful religion is than the benefits, everyone will look down on someone recovering from addiction until they bring a dramatic religious story into it. Because it's so widely accepted in society that it's normal and in a sense reinforcing these standards that led people into tough situations in the first place. 

Organized religion is able to present a new brand of capitalism to the mass population by marketing it differently, by marketting it as something that will set you above everyone else. In a world where everyone is appearing the same on the outside, being able to be "enlightened" and seen as above someone is a good deal. Everyone wants to be a minority in a way and again religion reinforces the idea that you are abover everyone else in some sort of way. It's crazy that people belive this because they literally are telling everyone that. 

The Bible only has power based on it's interpretation, just like anything else. Religion and politics dont go together because religion is based on personal interpretation, and politics is based on mass belief. Both aren't based on facts, but one is something easier to comprehend.