... people still fill their heads and indoctrinate their children with a wide range of weird and unbelievable stone age, iron age and medieval religious fantasies and doctrines. How, in the twenty-first century, can so many believe in and foster the teaching of the following claptrap:
“Passing on”, post-mortem survival, resurrection, eternal life, the afterlife, bodies ascending, souls ascending and descending, life force, soul, 'ghost in the machine'.
Heaven, paradise, the pearly gates, the afterworld, the hereafter, Hell, netherworld, fire & brimstone, purgatory, martyrdom, salvation, saviours.
Deities, supreme beings, supreme creators, divinity, almighty god, Greek gods, norse gods, sun gods, any gods, holy spirit, holy trinity, holy place, holy people, holy anything.It's unbelievable. It's absurd. All of it. And it's still taught to our children!
Magic waters, holy water, holy communion, eating and drinking Jesus' body, angels, archangels, guardian angels, cherubs, beatification, sainthood, satan, the devil, demons. Superman, Batman.
Consecrated pets, consecrated virgins, consecrated ground, consecrated anything, religious idols, weeping statues, bleeding statues, the fraudulent shroud of Turin.
The word of god, supernatural intervention, divine intervention, miracles, faith healing, divine creation,creationism, intelligent design, prayer power.
Seven day creation, Adam and Eve, Noah's ark, star of Bethlehem, immaculate conception, virgin birth, faith healing, water into wine, loaves and fishes, walking on water, parting of the sea, rising from the dead, raising from the dead….
Baptism, religious indoctrination of defenceless children, 'confirmation' and the ripping off of genital parts from defenceless girls & boys,
Infallible religious leaders, enhancement of religious authority by wearing of robes and silly hats, religious misogeny and homophobia.
Feasting, fasting, self-deprivation, self-flagellation, self-restriction, vows of silence, food taboos.