There are 4300 religions in the world today with many more historically defunct. The probability that any one of the current religions is the right one is, of course, 4300 to one against. These are very poor odds; so poor, in fact, that it begs the question, "Is every religion a hoax?"
It was Thomas Paine, the political theorist and philosopher who wrote, "All national institutions of churches appear to me to be none other than human inventions set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and to monopolise power and profit."
If every religion is nothing more than a man-made construct and because millions of innocent men, women and children have been brutalised and murdered in religion's cause, are we not continuing to witness mankind's greatest tragedy.
Views: 876 | Enquiries: 1Burt Flannery is the author of a book entitled, "What's God Got To Do With It?" and a former mathematician and management consultant. When he retired, he intended to spend three days a week playing tennis but a knee injury scuppered his plans and left him with some spare time to fill. He had for many years been troubled by the big questions embraced by the history and psychology of religion, theology, philosophy and ethics so decided to capture his thoughts in prose. Why are we here? How did we get here and where are we headed? Why, after tens of thousands of years of human existence is the world so frequently characterised by man's inhumanity leaving peaceful coexistence illusory?
His talks debate these issues and reach several illuminating conclusions.
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