-------- THE INCREDIBLE WEIRDNESS OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF RELIGION BY THE OTHERWISE INTELLIGENT HUMANS. -------- -------- CRITICISM OF RELIGION TYPICALLY ATTACKS THE VALIDITY OF THE CONCEPT AND THE IDEAS INVOLVED. -------- WHAT WE FIND IN THE HISTORY OF RELIGION IS THAT AS LONG AS WE HAVE HAD RELIGION WE HAVE HAD THE CRITICISM OF RELIGION GOING BACK TO THE ATHEIST OF MELOS IN ROME. -------- WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO IS THIS: IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE GOD AND MORE THAN ONE RELIGION IT CANCELS OUT THE CONCEPT OF RELIGION. -------- THEREFORE THE ISSUE IS NOT WHETHER THERE IS A GOD OF THE HUMANS BUT WHETHER THE HUMANS NEED A GOD OF THE HUMANS. -------- AND SECONDLY, THE GOD CONCEPT CANCELS OUT IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE GOD. -------- -------- THE ISSUE OF THE RELIGION OF THE HUMANS AND THE GODS OF THE HUMANS IS NOT WHETHER THESE THINGS ACTUALLY EXIST BUT WHETHER THE HUMANS NEED THESE THINGS TO BUILD THEIR HUMAN CIVILIZATION ON EARTH.