Religion was invented for manipulation because if just a random guy told you to wait till marriage to have sex, don't steal, don't lie, don't cheat, etc. you would be like, uh who are you and why should I listen to you? But if I tell you that you are going to hell and will burn for eternity, and I have a big convincing story of why you should believe me.. then you might actually listen to me. When you ask for physical proof of God, you are told that you must have "faith" which means you need to believe what you are told without asking questions because there is no hard evidence.
Evolution is more logical. There are various forms of proof to back it up.. you don't need to rely on your "faith". Evolution is like 1+1=2 and it is easy to understand exactly how we came to be. There is nothing outrageous about evolution. But religion on the other hand, is so similar to a science fiction movie. Hell, heaven, pregnant virgins, human beings created out of thin air by some God... everything about religion is so far-fetched. Everything about evolution is logical and easily explained with our current level of science and technology.
Hundreds, thousands of years ago, they didn't have the science/technology we have now, so I can see why they might have believed it. They weren't able to research organisms, bones, cells, elements, compounds, etc. like we can do. Heck, they didn't even know what any of those things were.
Religion gives people a false sense of hope. Pray and god will come save you from your debt, disease, whatever. No! Go get a job and some healthcare and you will save YOURSELF. You control your own destiny, not some mysterious all powerful God.
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Edited by HyDrive, 07 September 2009 - 10:27 PM.