Religious Question

[refryguy]

While I respect the Judeo-Christian ethic as well as the eastern philosophies and even the teachings of Mohamed, I find that organized religion has corrupted those beliefs in order to justify countless human atrocities throughout history. Were I to attend church, I would be a hypocrite.

[tmckay2]

While I respect the Judeo-Christian ethic as well as the eastern philosophies and even the teachings of Mohamed, I find that organized religion has corrupted those beliefs in order to justify countless human atrocities throughout history. Were I to attend church, I would be a hypocrite.

the problem here is that very few people have been proven to be truly religious. most are like many of the muslim clerics in radical parts of the middle east today. they teach (often to illiterate people) that the religion says to kill anyone who disagrees, so what do these people do? they kill for that person. its a classic puppet/puppet master problem. the leadership who organize the death of people are rarely truly religious, they simply use religion to confuse and in some case blind people into doing what they want. in the end its all for power, religion is just used as a catalyst to gain support.

i can't really believe anyone would dispute that more deaths have been caused in the name of religion than none. as stated, mao himself is said to have been responsible for upwards of 50 million. hitler easily 20 million. stalin has numbers ranging from 20 million to 50 million. and so on and so forth. as previously stated, its all about power. heck, even in the bible you can see that with the pharisees. what they did was never in the name of religion, it was for personal gain, they just used religion to gain that power. there is a big difference

[smchop]

Here is what I am gonna do. Starting tomorrow I am going to attend religious gatherings of all denominations (monday thru sunday) get in good graces with all so that when my time here is done I can party like a rock star! Think of all the benefits from multiple religions when you die! I'm just kidding, but everyone here knows what happens to a polite religious conversation, they turn ugly...........everytime. So far though this one has been pretty civil, good work!

[Zundfolge]

While I respect the Judeo-Christian ethic as well as the eastern philosophies and even the teachings of Mohamed, I find that organized religion has corrupted those beliefs in order to justify countless human atrocities throughout history. Were I to attend church, I would be a hypocrite.

Actually most of those countless human atrocities throughout history were over land and/or money ... so do you feel like a hypocrite when you're at a bank or realtor's office?


Religions, like guns, are often misused by the evil. That doesn't mean that religions (or guns) in and of themselves are bad things.

[cowboykjohnson]

Religions, like guns, are often misused by the evil. That doesn't mean that religions (or guns) in and of themselves are bad things.

+1

[Irving]

What the heck, I've been saying that for four pages now. Way to steal my thunder.



Maybe I was only thinking it...

[Troublco]

What the heck, I've been saying that for four pages now. Way to steal my thunder.



Maybe I was only thinking it...

[cowboykjohnson]

What the heck, I've been saying that for four pages now. Way to steal my thunder.



Maybe I was only thinking it...

but you said it in a fancy intellectual kind of way that us dummies can't understand.....

[Zundfolge]

Yeah, but who's gonna listen to a donkey? Buckwheat ... there's a brotha that commands the attention of a crowd.

OTAY!