they make a lot of money, get political power, and meddle with out lives....
all because there are lots of gullible people around....
And even when caught they get away with it and become 3rd most likely to be President again or become a figurehead Mayor playing city administrator at the cost of national economic interest.
docelmo, I'm not insulting anyone. There are really stupid people who need a "higher power" to conform to social & civil order. Tell them what they're doing is wrong because it isn't sociable and would wound societal balance isn't a good enough reason for them to stop. They need spiritual rewards to motivate them to keep peace and order. They need "God" for them to behave.
Hence, in my mind religion is still needed. The Book of Leviticus is a good example as to why you need religion or else people would be sleeping with animals or with their children, their sibling's children or their parent's or parent's siblings.
Example, former drug user insists I go to Holy Mass. I don't have a need to go in over a decade's time. I told him that there are people who _need_ to go to service and there are people who do not need to go. The look on his face was as if I told him I enjoyed eating locusts. Mind you the former drug user attends Catholic & Victory service even though he didn't convert to Victory. My guess as to why he goes to both is for peace of mind. He is a bit fragile.
I did not pursue further my stance out of fear that the former drug user would commit suicide. I dont want the guy to kill himself. He's honestly harmless.
I'm perfectly fine with the religion i am given and have no need to switch over. I just dont want to listen to politics during service which has became largely the norm. Last May I went to service for work they were talking about the evil's of selfies and yet the highest ranking amongst them is a large proponent of selfies. They even made standies so you can selfies with him. Ironies of ironies.
Nelson, thanks for the historical context on the left/right.
Again, what is written in Genesis is for a time where in the concepts of billions of years was unfathomable where and when lifespans based on our modern calendar extends only to a person's 20s/30s. It appears today that we as a people are in the transition towards to a time when we can can grasp billions of years then evolution makes sense. When you're considered a "lolo" or "lola" when you hit your early 20s then 4.54 billion years is something you can't mentally grasp. Hence my "stupid" description.
Remember, there was a time that you would be called a heretic and be imprisoned for saying the world was round like a ball. It was only in 1992 that the Pope said a heretic was right all along. There are still people who still believe the world is flat. Thankfully they do not travel much out of fear of falling off the edge of the world. ^_^