Why do some people utterly despise religion?

Question

I want sane and logical answers. No one-liners please!

Answer 1

Religion is defined as faith, belief, creed or religious conviction. Some persons faith is put to the test under adverse situations or through trials. When the outcome is not what they expect they lose faith.
Some people hold on to their beliefs as being absolute or the rock they holds them together. Its the foundation of who they are and they identify themselves through that belief.

When challenges, trials, unjustifiable situations, injustice, mistreatment, misappropriation, abuse and hurt & pain comes into that world a person can feel abandoned, let down, disallusioned and disappointed. Especially when they do not see a justifiable resolution to the situation and they turn away.

Answer 2

Well, in MY case, because:

1) It makes absolutely no sense to me.

2) I see how religions are used to control people's minds, and therefore, their behaviour. And this really gets on my nerves.

3) I cannot respect a discipline that tells me to do things "on faith", i.e.: without as much as a "logical" explanation of why I should do it. As you may as well understand, "You're going to hell" doesn't really sound too logical to me, especially since there is no actual independent evidence of this ever happening.

You see, even you are asking for "sane and logical answers" to your question. Well, religion does not provide that. I wonder how come even YOU accept it, and yet demand that we give you "sane and logical answers".

Answer 3

I can't and won't speak for anyone else, but there are many reasons I do...the hypocrasy inherent in religion and faith, the need to close my eyes to the real world and deny facts and evidence to the contrary if I choose to have faith, the bigotry involved by many (not all, so don't start flaming or accuse me of generalizations) of not only the faithful, but the religions and churches they support, the inability of many religious organizations to accept the fact "no" for an answer...take your pick.

The biggest reason though is that I value logic and knowledge. Science disproves a little bit more of the god aspect every day.

Answer 4

Sane and logical?
As far back in time as you can go. Anytime groups of men decide to worship someone or something they view as somehow being greater or more powerful than themselves, they without exception try and force that belief on others. In trying to force that belief they resort to preaching, then to lies, then to violence.
In recorded history, look at the all useless bloodshed and the countless millions killed! All in the name of religion. No God, no matter who's we are talking about would ever condone such wholesale slaughter.
I'm sure all the various religions started out as peaceful and benevolent. Unfortunately anytime man is involved, beliefs tend to become perverse vehicles. For their own fear, greed, hatred and sick need to control or enslave others.
All in the name of religion!

Answer 5

There are a lot of people who use religion as a reason to act "unreligious". I can't remember how many times I've heard, "Well the Bible says...." I've heard it from white supremist groups, child molesters, and terrorists. Ever heard: Only holy on Sundays? I've experienced that so many time.

Not to say that I don't know people who are religious and truly are good people, but the numbers seem to get smaller and smaller.

I believe in God but I also think knowing scripture, going to church regularly, is not as important as how you act on an everyday basis. How you treat one another.

Today's society is so desensitized on so many issues and too many people use religion for the wrong reasons.

Answer 6

Because Religions promote ignorance and hinder the development of humanity. Religion is an overwhelmingly negative force in the world, teaching people false values and causing hatred amongst people just because they were born in a different place, and taught a different set of bed time stories.
For me i am annoyed with the lack of reason among religions.
When people hide behind a wall and refuse to try and think for themselves, or to see the world for what it truly is, it gets a bit frustrating.

^^ People who hate religion dont do it because they are in fear of not knowing what is coming. Most accept their place in the world.

Answer 7

I don't think its religon people despise, rather its the over zealous totally in thrawl to it, preaching out against everything that doesn't conform, pushing their views as the only correct views, and basic ignorance to other religions and total intollerance of anything that does not fit their world people that people despise. No-one has the right to say that another person is going to hell apart from God, and that would be me!.

Answer 8

Because it causes people to do reprehensible things in the name of the religion, like witch-burning, the crusades, and the inquisitions. Also, bombing abortion clinics (killing people that have nothing to do with it), protesting at funerals of fallen American soldiers saying it is because "God hates fags" (look up Westboro Baptist Church"), and other bad behavior "in the name of God". There is also the rather major factor that the churches tend to hold back scientific knowledge if it goes against church doctrine - the Roman Catholic church took 400 years to acknowledge that Galileo was right, and now even with overwhelmingly convincing evidence Christian fundamentalists are saying that evolution isn't real, when it clearly is.

Answer 9

maybe cause they play on guilt an use dirty tactics like putting the fear of god into people when if it was true thats not the way it would be, they dont want you to aspire to anything just there way.
an god would love everyone if he was real not just a selected few an thats what a lot of people preach,then its not have a nice day with them its your going to die an if thats not enough to make your day worst they will remind you how bad the world is an we are all going to die an go to hell or what eva like were is the love gone religion creates wars thinkabout it.

Answer 10

I don't this it's the religion so much as I think it's the religious. You know the ones who insist that everyone conduct themselves according to the way they see things. Religion is NOT the problem. It's those very sanctimonious fanatically religious folks.