Debate: Does religion cause war?
Side: No

but I wouldn't agree that religion is stupid.How exactly is denying reality not stupid?Many people suffer things in life and previously I have heard countless stories of how people have had religion to fall back on and support them.Bad things will happen with or without religion.They are denying the fact that bad stuff happens and the fact is that you must adapt to whatever happened and move on. Denying is not adapting, it is ignoring and just being stupid. Hoping for some nonexistent unicorn to give help that will never arrive is ignoring reality, it is not moving on. You accept what happened, not deny it by praying and hoping for something you'll never get.If something bad happens to me I look at what did exactly happen, I accept it, and I move on accordingly, not start praying and go downright crazy.It's similar with good things, you don't thank god, you thank the person or people who really did something good to you.Not all kinds of human nature are subjective, and most kinds can be used to generalise. This is one of those kinds.No it is not. As people hoard things so do people give them away to make other's lives easier (if they have something to give) and sometimes give even then when they shouldn't. No such thing as human nature, because everything you can ascribe to humans you could call "human nature".Religion is not stupid.Oh yes it is if you look at the facts.If you are having a bad time people may always look to God(s) for help if they need it, and this is never a bad thing (having help).If you are having a bad time you don't look for help from imaginary friends, you look for help from real friends and real people that do exist.Name one person who has gotten help from a god by "praying", with evidence. There is no evidence to anyone ever having gotten help from a god, ever! That means there is no god because god is ascribed as a "good" being, which means if asked for help you would receive it, and yet no one has. There have been plenty of people to bring back their loved ones, and none of them have been brought back. Dead is dead, no heaven, no hell. You die, it's lights out forever.If you think that having guidance in your life is a bad thing, then you are wrong.Guidance as in a set of rules? I have that myself, I made those rules myself, and I can change whenever I want to.Religion has a fixed set of rules and whoever, no matter how much or what, denies and contradicts them goes to hell, according to those rules. Not to mention so much else that contradicts reality, the source itself, makes no sense, is downright illogical, irrational, stupid, idiotic, and based on delusions. How is following something like that a good thing? All it does is fuck up a person.Really? You think people are brainwashed into being religious?Some are, if they have a weak mind. Most are taught since birth, which is even worse. Those persons don't even have the change to develop their true self.Many people turn from atheism to religion.I hardly think that is true. Perhaps if the person is naturally stupid (has a weak mind), or has a mental breakdown for some reason. Smart atheists will never turn religious.Here is a quote from the link below: Yes, I was an atheist but when I was depressed and someone told me about Jesus I started to follow Him and get baptized(full immersion) and go to Church. Now my life is better and I don't think about suicide anymore.Quoting from a forum? Really? Forums are no source of evidence when it comes to topics like this. Unless there is strong logic behind the comment.That comment is not smart at all, nor does it include any logic. If you read it you can actually determine that whoever wrote it has rather low intelligence (also the way it's written, the style, is quite childish).Weak minds are easily fooled, apparently very easily.Do you think that it was a bad thing that this person turned to religion or would you have preferred he thought of suicide?Yes, it was a bad thing. If someone is incapable of handling life and all it can bring then that person is better off dead than promoting something that damages humanity on so many levels. Also, it's better if the genes that have an inclination toward suicide are, well, rooted out. The goal of life is survival, not killing itself.