Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings.

Every large organisation is like a tree full of monkeys. Some monkeys want to get to the top. Other monkeys are happy where they are. The monkeys at the top look down and see nothing but smiling faces. The monkeys at the bottom look up and see a bunch of assholes.

Religion.

How religion works

I recently came across this article that involved this experiment. 5 monkeys were put in a cage together and a banana was hung from the ceiling with a ladder placed underneath it. When one monkey would climb the ladder they would all be sprayed with cold water. When another monkey would go to get the banana the same would happen to him and all of his friends. This happened until the monkeys learned the “lesson” climbing the ladder would result in being sprayed with cold water. Once those 5 monkeys knew what was going to happen if they did try to climb the ladder they replaced one monkey. As predicted the new monkey raced to get the banana but knowing the consequences of climbing the ladder the 4 other monkeys grabbed the new monkey and beat him up. This new monkey now knows no climbing the ladder and no banana without knowing why in the first place. The scientists continued this until all the monkeys were replaced and each monkey got the same treatment, try to get the banana, get beat up, when arriving to the new cage, Now all these new monkeys have never received the cold water treatment but every time a new monkey tried to climb the ladder they remaining 4 monkeys would beat the new one up only because the “rule” had already been set in place even though those monkeys really had no idea why.

This is basically how religion works. Maybe our ancestors were punished to the point that our whole society won’t “climb the ladder” of religion and question it’s purpose.  But I sure as hell won’t be one of those monkeys. I will make it to the banana and reap the benefits of a delicious treat for not letting people pull me down and beat me up for what I choose not to follow blindly.

Is the world better off without religion?

I’m going to make a post either later today or tomorrow but first I want to get your opinions. Do you think the world would be better off without religion?

Posts next week

I have some personal/family things to take care of this week so I won’t be posting much the rest of this week. Maybe something really quick if I find the time. Ill be back with some more lengthy posts next week. Sorry. If you enjoy my posts follow me, like my posts, and reblog them!

10 signs you’re a devoted Christian

I found this picture a while ago took a screenshot on my IPod but I cant find where it came from so I thought I should post the 10 signs. I hope you enjoy this.

10 Signs You’re a Devoted Christian

10) You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of your god.

9) You feel insulted and ‘dehumanized’ when scientists say that people evolved from lesser life forms but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.

8) You laugh at polytheists but you have no problem believing in a trinity god.

7) Your face turns purple when you hear of the atrocities attributed to Allah but you don’t even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies in Egypt in ‘Exodus’ or ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in ‘Joshua’, including women children and animals.

6) You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women but you have no problem in believing that the holy spirit impregnated Mary who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed came back to life then ascended into the sky.

5) you are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of earth (4.55 billion years) but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded pre historic tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that the earth is a couple generations old.

4) you believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those that share your beliefs though excluding those in rival sects will spend an entirety in an infinite hell of suffering. yet you consider your religion the most tolerant and loving

3) while modern science history geology biology and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in tongue may be all the convincing you need.

2) you define 0.01% a ‘high success rate’ when it comes to answered prayers you consider that evidence that prayer works. and you think that the remaining 99.99% failure was simply gods will

1) you actually know a lot less than most atheists and agnostics do about the bible Christianity and the history of the church but still call yourself a “Christian”

Christians: its okay as long as you “believe”