Whither religion?

[mahnmut]

We've often heard of the Evangelical segment of the electorate. Or the Mormon segment. Or the Jewish segment. But little is being told of the second-largest segment in America, and arguably the fastest-growing: atheists, or more broadly, non-believers. And they're rising worldwide. And surprisingly or not, being an open atheist may no longer be a

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[oportet]

Too many denominations - too many branches on the tree.

Same shit happened to boxing. If I asked you who the boxing champion was now - you'd either not know, or you'd have to ask which one. Countless champions for each division (although some Ukrainian fella seems to have most of the heavyweights, my point is true for the most part). The sport is in decline because - who are you supposed to follow? Which one matters?

Supposedly, most religions believe in the same God - but you have to have an extremely loose definition of 'same' to buy into that (still, most people do).

We are stubborn though. As much as we want the Creators blessing, we want to do what we want to do. The best way to do this is just make another religion. You want to drink whenever you want, go to church on Tuesdays instead, not hate gays, disagree with abortion but not obsess over it, have exactly four kids and have them make homemade butter every other day? There's a place for you somewhere. If not, it can be made easily. Then, when one of your followers decides they don't want homemade butter every other day, but would rather have homemade jelly every third day - screw you, they'll go make their own religion - the true one!

And here we are. Look at the origin of any religion. With few exceptions, they just got tired of doing shit the way someone else thought it should be done. No loyalty. Chalk it up to 'difference in interpretation', because you won't be taken as seriously if you just say that you really just wanted a cold beer and some barbecue ribs without feeling guilty.