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Religion Is Absurd

Yes, religion is absurd. I refer here specifically to the three Abrahamic religions (and their many subdivisions), which are based on the Five Books of Moses and its associated volumes. The stories make no sense, and it's hard to understand why anyone ever took or still takes them seriously. The Bible is literally a string of fables that are laughably implausible and morally outrageous. The six-day creation--yeah, right. Adam and Eve and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil--really? The flood and the resulting mass murder--come on! Lot, his poor wife, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and Lot's incestuous daughters--x-rated soap opera and gratuitous violence. Does anyone think that stuff actually happened?  How about Abraham's willingness to kill his son Isaac because a voice in his head claiming to be Yahweh's told him to do it. Please. Like Abraham wouldn't have been appalled by the very idea and wouldn't have torn up the covenant in which he promis