Religion is given far too much respect in the world when it needs to be treated as a mental disorder.

The word isn't jealous though it is qana' (קנא) which is more recently translated as "impassioned" and "zealous"

Literally

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transubstantiation

This reminds me of a joke:

" Aliens make first contact with humans. They are peaceful and start a dialogue with us. The subject of religion comes up, and Christianity is described to the aliens and they respond by saying ' oh yeah we know Jesus. He came comes to visit you too?'

'Well yes, once, over 2000 years ago.'

To which the aliens reply: 'That's weird he visits us every year, stays for about a week for the high feast we throw in his honor. It's a recreation of what we did for him the first time he appeared. What happened when he came here? Maybe if you recreated whatever that was....'

'Oh, um, we crucified him.'

'Oof. Ok. Makes sense now.'

I'm actually okay with some Gaia religion right now that makes it fundamental to protect the planet and "remove" anyone trying to mess with that, like building data centers.

That’s what the wine is for

When you put it that way, it sounds ridicluous.

Basically, he has marked us as the bad neighborhood on his map.

It's also a crock of shit that we use to control people. If you're luck enough to get out of your small town and away from you family like I was, you can deprogram.

According to Catholics, yes.

Solid point there.

Please don't... if it is a religion, it involve irrational beliefs that will be armful at some point. To protect the planet we need to know what is good for it, and be abble to find out that some of our knowledges/beliefs are wrong. To find out we were wrong, we need to be rational ; and that require to reject faith.

doesn't change the bland jeez-its. if you're going to magic something into godflesh, why not breakfast tacos? with egg and cheese and a little bacon (or potato if that's your thing. or both)? at least give us sourdough or tiger bread

That's actually pretty much in-line with how a lot of gods were portrayed back then. Have you read any Greek mythology? The gods were assholes there, too.

You don’t need a religion to be an environmentalist.

Back in the day, at my little corner bagel shop we’d created the god bagel

Bacon Ham Egg Scrapple and cheese on an everything bagel, wrapped tightly in aluminum foil to allow it to squeeze into a jaw-able bite.

I’d worship at this alter.

And that's how the Church of Infinite Greed keeps winning no matter how rational you are. Their irrationality knows no counter.

Then there's the Baha'is.

They actually do have a few paintings and photos of The Bàb and Baha'u'llah. They are all kept in the archives, and one must travel to the Arc of The Covenant to see them. Photos of the pictures aren't allowed. They don't want people praying directly to The Bàb or Baha'u'llah, so no more pictures or depictions shall be made.

Islam, Christianity, and Judaism are all tax free! They get tax benefits that no "non-profit" can match.

These are all unfathomably wealthy organizations. Their fundamentalists all despise us (us being not them). Get a job

Why is it a mental disorder? Can I have a source?

Err on the side of not beheading people!

You shall not bow down or serve them****

The iconoclasts were on the same page

Shared Psychotic Disorder is where a group of people share a delusion. This delusion can almost "spread," especially in the case of people who are close to each other. Its very similar to other shared delusions, like supernatural beliefs.

I don't think I understand. Do you mean we need a religion to counter capitalism?

Religions are always serving the ones in power, some times they may set new rulers, but then they serve the new rulers...

And no rulers will be good if it is with a protection that pass all to them and protect them.

So I think rationality and education are more likely to be the solution than any religion (even in those not existing yet).

Christians with crucifixes are like reporters asking the Irwin siblings about their father’s death in every interview. Why do you want to dwell on the worst thing ever?

Mo was Asian

Basically, it means don't be yandere.

We're dealing with at least two intervening languages and generations of oral history here. Nitpicking semantics isn't terribly useful.

I thought it was like the heads-on-pikes thing? Christians are like Klingons right?

Our gods are dead.
We killed them.
They were more trouble than they were worth.

metal as fuck

Christianity is the most badass religion.

Do I have that wrong?

As someone not from a Muslim background, thank you very much for the clarification and context!

It irks me to no end regardless of the work, how many people will flaunt their supposed literacy and reasoning ability, but even the weakest "reelijun bad" meme will get circulated with little resistance.

It poisons the well against constructive conversation. Thanks for educating. :)

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

—Romans 1:22

Yes, victory over our enemies!

With blue eyes and blond hair

OH YEAAAAH...I'll admit I completely forgot about that.

I was always of the "In remembrance of Me" interpretation.

Ah! Right! I completely forgot about that.

I was always of the "In remembrance of Me" interpretation. Catholicism gets pretty metal sometimes. Lol

Christian's understand it to be a symbol. A representation of Christ. Christians seem to have a healthier, more mature understanding of their faith.

Rather than such aggressive literalism.

My dad used to beat this fact down my throat when I was a kid. No visual depictions of God/Jesus allowed. I wasn't allowed to watch The Passion or even Veggietales. But Prince of Egypt was okay.

Jews and Muslims don't make idols because they obey the 2nd commandment. Christianity is a Greek religion steeped in Western iconography, divorced from it's semetic roots, and so they ignore it. Hope this helps.

Can't sell as much merchandise without a face to go along with the name.

WWJD? SELL SELL SELL!!!!

Atheism:

Pretty weak deity which can't even forgive the sins they created themselves without all the pageantry. This is why I only worship my TI-83 calculator from middle school. It is capable of completely passive forgiveness, and largely unwilling to resort to damnation under any circumstances.

he is made to Kinda look like thor tp appeal to germanic saxon cultures, just like christmas and easter and everything are adaptations of eradicated germanic rites

Jokes aside, he seems to look like whatever people in the area look like. I suppose it's much easier to worship someone who looks like your own ethnicity.

I read 2nd commandment as second amendment and got very confused for a second. Now to butcher a Star Trek scene, why does god need a Colt?

Veggietales? I didn't grow up watching it but I thought I read somewhere that the creators actively didn't want to depict God/Jesus in that? Maybe it's just because Veggietales is part of the "love each other" version of Christianity and that's bad and woke.

I was wrong, it's more like a horse in the room. The elephant in the room is their rampant abuse of women and children.