Religion gives people who don't have the answers permission to pretend that they do

I can't remember the quote verbaytum, but it's pretty fucking true. I watched Religulous today, and it really suprised the hell out of me the crazy ass impossible things that people are willing to believe in. I will never understand people choosing to live their lives, and even kill, according to words on a page from a long time ago. Words that have been translated and edited for hundreds of years. Have these people not heard of the game telephone? What the fuck are they even thinking?

I just don't understand how people can logically believe that ALL of the religions of the world are ridiculous EXCEPT theirs. Zeus doesn't exist, but Jesus does. There's actually a Puerto Rican dude who believes that he's a distant relative of Jesus. Making him Jesus. AND PEOPLE BELIEVE HIM. Am I being Punk'd? Seriously. Humanity has got to be Punking me. I will never understand how it's so easy to say you're Jesus, and people just believe you. This guy did it, Charles Manson did it, that dude with the Kool Aid did it. Since I was 14 I've joked about Mishellism, damn now I'm contemplating making it a full time religion for the tax exempt status and to get people to throw money at me.

Are people really that co-dependent to the point where they'll depend on someone who doesn't even exist? Like yeah it's a good idea to think that someone is always with you even when you're completely alone, the ultimate imaginary friend. But I believe it's a better idea to just accept the fact that you come into this world alone and you leave alone and you don't know how you got here, why you're here, what you're supposed to do, what you're doing, why you're doing it, and you never will. And you need to fucking deal with it.

People just need to make up their own reasons for living. They need to know all the answers to the point where they'll believe anything. How about rather than "______ has a plan for me, and it's my job to tell everyone that and get them to believe my shit and think the way I think and the world will be perfect." Why am I living my life? Because I strongly believe that one day I'll marry Matt Damon and have 5 of his kids. I just don't understand how these people are allowed to believe this shit, and will fucking behead you if you don't. Aren't we a bit too advanced for this shit?

Another thing I will never understand. Black people and White Jesus, and even Black people and Black Jesus. African's were not Christians when they were brought over here to be slaves. It was forced upon them by their White slave owners to get rid of their culture. Black people were forced to drop every ounce of their culture, language and religion because it was "barbaric" and to live in their world you had to adhere to their customs and beliefs. And even to this day there are millions of decendents of these people worshipping a religion that was beaten into them. Actually, the main reason anyone worships any religion is because it was forced onto them by the people who conquered them. So there are billions of people worshipping something just because their ancestors were told "If you don't believe this I'll fucking kill you." And even today when people have the freedom to not follow a religion that their distant relatives got their throats cut over, they still do it. And will sometimes cut someone elses throat over it. What. Thee. Fucketh. If there's a God/ess/s/, best fucking troll ever.

Okay I'm done going on about this now. This show on black holes needs my undivided attention. Speaking of science nerd tv shows. Wednesday. Worm Holes with Morgan Freeman. Who's fucking excited? This bitch right here.

BTW while I was writing this an earthquake hit and my whole room was shaking for a good 5 seconds. LOOKS LIKE I PISSED SOMEONE OFF.