text: how can people be religious? do you really think your religion is any different than the various extinct mythologies? i mean, people believed in zeus and ra as much as you believe in the modern day nonsense. you don't really have any reason to believe whatever you do except that you were brainwashed as a child before your mind was developed enough to think rationally. three year-olds believe in magic. grown-ups should grow up and think about things not just say it's magic or god's way if you don't understand. the real world is nice enough without your having to believe in a bunch of made up religious crap. i completely agree.  i once said (in an english class) that people are going to look back at this day and age and laugh because we believed in jesus.  people got mad at me, but eh.  as a child i was told that there was an easter bunny, a santa claus, a tooth fairy, and a god.  i believed because that's what children do, but as i got older i learned to question these beliefs.  i am so tired of christians telling me they believe in god because that's what they're taught and that's what's in the bible.  learn to think for yourself.