The problem with religion

I understand the concept of faith and the concept of God. That is fine by me and faith is as important as love or fear.

But you cannot tell me to read books written by men who think they had visions from God. The biggest analogy is modern day cult leaders.

Most of the holy books have different interpretations which change with time. Why so? Are the books too complex or are they changing interpretations as the world evolves? The answer is latter.

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Graylight · 51-55, F

Simply because a text can have different interpretations doesn't mean it's bad text. And just because when holy text explains only part of faith, that doesn't mean it's bad text.

There are as many roads to hey is there are people on the planet. Religion is an attempt to delineate and clarify the tenants of one's faith. Sometimes that means obscuring them; names or means illuminating them.

Doometernal · 26-30, M

@Graylight as i said, books are written by men and there are flaws in it.

Trying to find an interpretation is equivalent to trying to filter ocean water for a tiny bit of gold .

We know there's ridiculous amount of gold in oceans but the whole concept of extracting it is flawed to begin with