h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Have you ever noticed that religion is the first cyberspace made by mankind. And, in the case of christian religion, a quite impressive one I must admit. Made out of nothing, contradicting nature and itself, lasting for hunderts of years, forcing millions of people not to think and - causing death to millions of people.

This cyberspace even has it's own language, words for all the symbols which have no existence in reality: god, devil, heaven, sin, angel, soul, meaning (of life), believers (many more names for this), non-believers (even more names), pope, priest. I could continue for hours.

So why are people so attracted by religion? Because our brain derives its power from thinking in
symbols, assigning a symbol to everything we see and feel. And the ultimate symbol for everything is
"god", taking the concept farther than reality.

To all of you believers:
Please don't get stuck in that cyberspace. Step out into the real world, it's fascinating and full of real
love you can give and there's even a little bit of love you can take.