Here you will find some of the greatest quotes about Religion.
In our internal world, Truth is subjective, but Happiness is real.
When our faith goals get beyond our head and involve other people and the world, then it’s a Religion.
Religion is Faith turned into a Story.
Religion has one long-term goal: survival.
Christianity and early Islam spread some good ideas around the world. But this was a long time ago. It’s unlikely the same fixed set of ideas is what we need in our time.
The more the gods, the more we get further away from reality.
The only way to make everyone exactly equal in reality is to make everyone poor.
While Communism can surely work on very small scales like cooperatives, on a large scale, it always descends into terrible authoritarian dystopias.
Human ideas are precious. But any human who puts themselves in the center is an instant huge red flag.
There is no difference between a religion that interferes with all ways in which you live your life and an ideology that interferes with all those same ways. It’s the same thing called by a different name for no good reason.
Religions can easily invade the human mind but it is very hard to change once they have stayed there for a while.
Some find hope in Truth, others find it in fiction, and there is nothing wrong with that… as long as we don’t impose our thoughts on other people who may not need what we need spiritually.
Give Faith to a peaceful human with good principles, and you get the behavior of Jesus. Give it to a king, dictator or religious leader with lust for power and you get the Nazis or Crusades.
People are generally better than bad in this day and age.
Faith is historically controversial in its results. But today, faith can play a role in helping those we collectively left behind in developing countries.
Faith is simply a power multiplier for good… or bad.
Faith is a tool for personal use. It should not be irresponsibly exported to crowds of people, or you don’t know if you’re multiplying the good or the bad anymore!
Religion is a story-based structure with the goal of streamlining faith.
Religion is outsourcing.
Society is going through a mental health crisis, and a major reason is that people lack Self-love and don’t find Meaning in their lives.
Utopias don’t exist (though some may be worth fighting for).
Too much outsourcing makes me feel like losing myself.
If you’re down, but have hope, faith can help you multiply the hope and get back on your feet.
Happy people don’t need religion and rarely turn to it.
If there is no better way in the Game of Self, religion is acceptable.
You don’t need religion and its rules to govern your life. Unfortunately, religion needs you… and the need is a desperate one.
There is no religion without people. Someone needs to spread the message, find new followers, and cover the bill for places of worship and other expenses.
To the religion-as-a-story-fighting-for-survival, you are a precious Resource.
Only religions that manage to hold onto their followers have survived to this day.
Religious groups are made up of people, and faith brings out both the best and the worst in them.
You need to be as open to Game of Life possibilities as possible.
As you evolve and change, your religious group will still be stuck to scripture written millennia ago. Your support structure will become your filter bubble. Then it may become your mental prison.
There is a central problem with Outsourcing. You delegate a task to a third-party company. They have every incentive to make you dependent. They never want you to be able to solve the task yourself. Ever.
Religions are naturally opposed to new thought leaders and improvements. Everything is static because this is the survival formula in evolution.
The structure of all religions is very conservative. You can do better. You don’t need the structure!
The more time you spend in a religious group, the more indoctrinated you become. The more this becomes a part of your identity.
Joining religious groups has only situational benefits (especially if you feel hopeless) and potential long-term harms due to the difficulty of leaving and the resulting loss of Freedom.
We need to make sure people have access to diverse sources of spirituality, faith, and hope to make up for the vacuum left by the withdrawal of religious institutions.
Maybe when the free market of religious stories becomes less competitive due to most losing their member base and collapsing, maybe new, modern religions will emerge that will have a new structure, based on Freedom, not dogma? Only time will tell.
Regarding your values there can be no outsourcing.
