Religious Brainwashing1

[sharon45]

Remember back in the day people did not have the benefit of science to explain what is going on - a lot of things were a mystery to people and they filled in the blanks - Gods, tooth fairies, witches and goblins - all the works

Yes, we know, and your version of Reincarnation is just one more.

What i wish for on this board is for some common sense

There is a lot of common sense here to not be taken in by beliefs without evidence.

 

[sharon45]

And those old Hindus vainly declared something that they could not guarantee either.

Common sense please - understand the conditions that our ancients faced.

Many of us face plenty of resistance, and are still largely surrounded by primitive thinking.

The ancients who came up with Christianity were not stupid people

No, not stupid, but not quite smart either.

they created Gods and heavens using the life they knew

No, they imagined with obviously some real world influences.

kings ruled with an iron fist - they imagined a king-like God who rules the heavens

Again, no, they fancied this from an ultimately absent environment.

rewarding those who believe in him(loyal & obedient subjects get rewarded) and unbelievers got hell(disloyal subjects were either killed or kicked out)

Lastly, with absolutely no evidence; hardly an idea from prudent folks.

Simple primitive ideas that made a lot of sense back in the day

They don't make sense, because they have to do with the yet unknown, and they do display many sorry holes and contradictions in their pathetic explanations.

But anyway, as they say you have to cut a diamond with a diamond. When a child asks why you can't go science on him - that was the situation back then - very, very different times

Not nearly that different. Honest parents simply tell their children that they do not know.