I was raised a catholic and so for years was forced to accept the bible and attend Church. As a result of this i now, perhaps somewhat ignorantly, shun all religion. I do believe in a higher power i just don't feel attending Church on Sunday etc will get me into gods good books. If I'm a sinner and doomed to eternal damnation (which going by Catholicism i defiantly am) why don't i just enjoy the time i have here. I mean people go on about how god gave us this earth to enjoy, so why do f**k spend all day on a Sunday doing bugger all to thank him, if he gives us earth to enjoy he wants to see us go out and enjoy it... right? As for the bible, apart from the obvious arguments against it like who did Kane and able mount? I also think it was written 2000 years ago as a sort of law. I think because people were less well educated and they thought god would smite then if they disobeyed "his rules" some smart person realized that by printing a book full of rules set forth by god, people would obey them. And at the end of the day it worked then but I'm not so sure about today. Like people have said the 10 commandments are fundamentally good and i think they should try to be followed, its the people who take it word for word as the truth that do my head in. I also hate Catholicism as its a very class based religion with the "upper" class being in favor with the priest and the old catholic family's all have some dodgy past covered up by the church. In my local village about 15 years before i was born the Church payed for a member of the parish who had been abusing a alter girl to disappear to Spain for two years. And as the girls family were all catholics and the church forgave him it was forgotten. I know if some b*****d fiddled with my kids id get back at him regardless of what the Church said.