Understanding Religion - I'll Pray For You!

What the pious really mean.

I'll pray for you because: If I'm honest and say I hate you people won't think I'm a kind, caring person. I want you to think I have some power over you that you can't do anything about. I like to think I have some power over you that you can't do anything about. I like to think I have an invisible friend who hurts those who won't agree with me about everything. I can't be bothered to learn stuff but I want people to think I'm better than you in some way. I want you to feel guilty about beating me in an argument with facts I didn't like, because I should be allowed to win every time even though I can't be bothered to learn stuff. You won't agree with me so I'll try threatening you with my really powerful imaginary friend. I want people to think I'm religious because I'm hoping to get away with people thinking I'm someone they can trust. I can't counter your argument so I want to threaten you whilst making other people think I'm your morally superior. I want my friends to be impressed by me and admire my smugly self-satisfied piety. I want people to think I'm so special I have a close personal relationship with the Creator of the Universe who makes my wishes come true. It costs me nothing and is much easier than doing something practical to help. Pretending to be other peoples' moral superior makes me feel good about myself. If there really is a god I'm hoping to impress it with my piety, so I show it off at every opportunity. What use is religion if you can't use it as a weapon when you need to? What use is religion if you can't use it to try to elevate yourself above other people? I'd really like to hurt you physically but I can only use words and make-believe in this medium and I'm a coward anyway. Just like a rapist, I want to have power over you without any responsibility because I'm inadequate. Isn't it great the way religion can be used against other people in so many different ways? Has mankind ever devised any better source of excuses for the morally bankrupt than religion?

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