Is it normal i find religion completely delusional

If you talk to someone who isn't visible, you're considered crazy and thrown into an asylum. If you pray to someone who isn't visible, you're religious.

Of course it is! Your opinion is completely normal!
It's normal to be confused by preachers preaching some old book. At least you aren't one of those religious atheists that feel that they have to point out every single flaw in religion to every single person they meet.

Myself, I believe in a smorgasbord of ideas.
What I'm trying to say is that you have your own opinion and it's perfectly normal.

Signed,
Knight Nigel Wellington XXI

"I think religion is based in fear of the unknown, people like to know that someone is watching over them and they'll go somewhere when they die when there's no evidence to believe it."

I can't agree more with you.

Religion is certainly a touchy subject. I see nothing wrong with being religious or spiritual as long as you're not hurting others or yourself. Personally, I learn a lot by going to church. The pastor at my church teaches life lessons and uses stories from the Bible as examples, he's not an insane man manipulating my thoughts, but there are some preachers who do do that. I think it all depends on someone's experience with religion. I understand where you're coming from and think your opinion is perfectly normal.

Everyone is delusional about something.

Well it goes both ways commoner. You are the same as a believer, you assume that god doesn't exist, just like they assume that he does. The truth is we might never know if he does or doesn't. So the point of the matter is what do you WANT to believe? Doesn't believing in god give you more benefit then not believing it ? You choose, but both the believer nor the non, is either right or wrong because it's probably impossible to know.

Mental illness is a part of religion, look at the muslim terrorists who believe that blowing yourself up will get you into heaven, or the Christians who look forward to the "end times"

Yep, religion is one huge pile of grade A bullshit.

My thoughts exactly.

I believe in god, but I'm not an extremely religious person. To me, the majority of rules in the bible are just generally good rules to live by. You know, don't steal, don't kill, don't sleep around, be respectful of others. Things of that sort.

I admire you for seeing positives in religion; too many people see it only as a delusion or a burden.

I'm not religious either, but I keep that very much to myself unless someone asks. To me, one of the greatest gifts we can give one another is empathy, and I know that if I believed something deeply and didn't harm anyone through those beliefs, I would get frustrated at someone who kept trying to disabuse me of them for my own good. Their views are different from mine, but our essential humanity is the same. It's more productive to find areas of common ground where religious people and I can agree than to square off about where we differ.

Another thing to consider is the so-called "god gene." Some research suggests that the tendency to spirituality is hereditary. In other words, people of faith might just be born that way. Read up on that; it's fascinating stuff, and it really made me see the attraction to religion in a whole new light.

Allah gave you free will but with it comes accountability too. Whatever you "chose to" to do, you can't blame anyone but yourself on the Judgement Day when God throws you into the Hellfire whose fuel is stones and humans, unless u repent and turn to Allah, and He is Most Forgiving, Merciful.

It's not just religion who manipulates people. There are so many other ways to brainwash people. The best example would be how liberalism manipulates people under the false illusion that they are free people, that they can do whatever they want. People who think they are free, who think there are no barriers to overcome between them and their beliefs, are the easiest to manipulate.
In every speech of higher power representatives you always seem to notice a gentle approach on the subject, like that person wants you to feel at ease, but that's usually not correct.They try to make you feel like you are in control of your choice an thoughts, but you're really not. There are so many ways to indoctrinate people, to manipulate their subconscious into having a specific desire.
These techniques are usually used in marketing, for hidden advertising. All they do is send subliminal messages to their target's subconscious.
Here's a perfect example of Media brainwashing unsuspecting people:
http://www.cracked.com/article_16656_6-brainwashing-techniques-theyre-using-you-right-now.html

Your post is way too long to read , but I skimmed it lol && I must say I agree .. But ppl get mad when I say things like that. Technically in the bible there's no heaven or hell so idk .. Just live life..

Please do not use -ists or -isms.
Simply, call them what they are. For instance, 'extreme radical religious people'.

Which deity is real or not?

There are some truths in what some religious people believe. However, much of these stories have become corrupted, twisted, contorted and modified over time, such that they no longer convey the original meaning or intent.

You should strive to build sound 'ethics', not 'morals'. You can, possibly, but not always, learn sound ethics from morals.

Synonym discussion: moral ethical virtuous righteous noble mean conforming to a standard of what is right and good. moral implies conformity to established sanctioned codes or accepted notions of right and wrong <the basic moral values of a community>. ethical may suggest the involvement of more difficult or subtle questions of rightness, fairness, or equity <committed to the highest ethical principles>