Why does religion still exist ?

[FanOfFridays]

Quote from Wallet:
My faith is made a reality by the evidence of God's presence in my life. ....it's not just a head knowledge but a heart transformation ....That gift is peace and a true sense of happiness and contentment and so much more.

So, I don't really ask why, because I know God is real, and can see the evidence in my life, those why factors are very elementary in my faith.

Just know it's real and available to everyone.

I want you to understand that what follows is not meant to mock or denigrate.

I have had the same experience on mushrooms.

On mushrooms, I saw the world in an interconnected way that I had never experienced before. I saw that there was a connection between what I normally perceived to be 'inanimate' objects and sentient creatures like myself. This feelings was completely pre-intellectual. I 'felt' these things more than knew them. I felt an inner peace and happiness that I had never even come close to feeling before or since.

Mushrooms altered my brain chemistry and changed my way of perceiving the world. Before you dismiss this as a facetious jab, I truly believe that your brain chemistry is different than mine and that all believers share a type of brain chemistry. I have no doubt that you live in a world where this kind of connectedness and the understanding you claim is as real as it can be.

This does not mean it's actually real; it means it's real for you.

At any rate, none of this changes the unalterable fact that more butchery, heartache, murder, mutilation, and tragedy can be attributed to the religious than any other polity in the history of human civilization.

 

[trendlover]

Quote from bkveen3:

Quantum consciousness postulates that all things in the universe are created through a universal consciousness, but this force does not exist as matter in this dimension.

As for what it proves, it only demonstrates that our reality is created from something outside of ourselves. I never said that it proved Christianity.
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Ok, if the doctor can transplant the brain of Freethinker poster to you, and Freethinker get your brain, you will be the same person? Your new brain can take information just like Freethinker, so you will be atheist now?

 

[PatternRec]

Quote from bkveen3:

We are but men with finite minds, in a universe of infinite knowledge.

Curious. Why do you think the universe is infinite? In a God created universe model, it is not possible for the universe to be infinite. (Also in a big bang model.)

I'm nitpicking. But only because of the notion that there is infinite knowledge. If the universe has a beginning, then by consequence it must have an ending. Therefore, there is only but so much to know. How much? A very, very large amount. An amount we will never truly know.

As I said, I'm nitpicking. Even though the amount of knowledge in a finite universe is finite, it doesn't spoil the thrust of what you said in that even that finite amount of knowledge is so vast it's veritably infinite.