(01-20-2014 11:04 PM)OrangeCrush22 Wrote:  Religion clouds the minds of too many individuals. Not many religious people want freedoms, because freedoms go against their religion. It pains me to see religious people cry for more freedom, but then cry for restrictions to be placed upon the public. The most obvious examples are the "hot button" issues of abortion and homosexuality.

Or people who cry for freedom yet want to force private business owners to support their agendas? This type of behavior in not a symptom of being religious it's a symptom of being human.

(01-20-2014 11:02 AM)UM2001GRAD Wrote:  Christianity was invented as a mechanism of control, and it is astoundingly good at doing just that. It's influence, however, is waning in western society. It's had a good run, but it's coming to an end. It will only be a few more generations before it falls below majority status in America. It's interesting to think about what, if anything, will rise to take its place.

You are so wrong.