Religulous by Name, Ridiculous by Nature

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Spoiler alert

Religion is the source of all evil. That is pretty much Bill Maher's not surprising conclusion in his 2008 film “Religulous” which covers the presenter's world tour of self-assertive crusade against religion. Maher, a self-proclaimed anti-religionist, presents in the film some valid arguments against religion, some of which I – an agnostic – agree with. However, his choice of opponents suggests that he either lacks faith in his own intellect – those of you familiar with his work probably giggle just at the thought – or is on a mission to caricature religion by displaying some of its most unfortunate elements.

About god, the UN, and the faults they have in common

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I have earlier, in the entry “The Religious Principle”, argued against the concept of sacredness: The sacred becomes tabooed, indisputable, gets pulled out of its original context and is regarded as valid in all contexts without exception. Had it been possible to predict all possible social developments through time and space, than such a concept could have been very practical to have, maybe even sensible. As this is unfortunately not the case, it takes quite a bit of arrogance, for not to say stupidity,

The Religious Principle

  

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              ”The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.”

Salman Rushdie

                                          

Any kind of institutionalised spirituality – more commonly known as 'religion' – can never be anything else but idol-worship. In the following I will explain why all religions in their essence are based on idol-worship and elaborate on the consequences of such idol-worship.