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Organised religion
BillieTheBot
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Why are orgainsed religions so intolerant of people?
If you are gay, you are the work of the devil and are an evil sinner. Of course, gay people choose to be like that, and it isnt at all a natural thing; levels of homosexual people go up in times of over-population.
If you are a woman, you are an inferior being to men, and you should know your place, which is in the kitchen. And if you have ever needed to have an abortion, or if you have had sex before marriage, you are pure evil and shold be cast in the fiery pits of hell.
Basically organised religion is the most despicable thing to be in human culture. It is intolerant of anything and everything, unless you are willing to be dominated by people who obviously know better. Its been said that if God didnt exist it would be necessary to create him, all religion does is allow the rich to maintain their wealth with thepromise of riches in a future life. religion has no purpose other than to keep the masses quiet, industrious and obedient.
Organised religion is a breeding ground for hatred, and for that reason alone I feel it should be abolished and never be taught in schools again. The French have the right idea.
Any ideas?
If you are gay, you are the work of the devil and are an evil sinner. Of course, gay people choose to be like that, and it isnt at all a natural thing; levels of homosexual people go up in times of over-population.
If you are a woman, you are an inferior being to men, and you should know your place, which is in the kitchen. And if you have ever needed to have an abortion, or if you have had sex before marriage, you are pure evil and shold be cast in the fiery pits of hell.
Basically organised religion is the most despicable thing to be in human culture. It is intolerant of anything and everything, unless you are willing to be dominated by people who obviously know better. Its been said that if God didnt exist it would be necessary to create him, all religion does is allow the rich to maintain their wealth with thepromise of riches in a future life. religion has no purpose other than to keep the masses quiet, industrious and obedient.
Organised religion is a breeding ground for hatred, and for that reason alone I feel it should be abolished and never be taught in schools again. The French have the right idea.
Any ideas?
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ALL organised religion is flawed because it was all created by man.
I agree, I think it should be abolished but my girlfriend doesn't. She argues it gives people hope and can make them have a better life. She might be right but Heroin can have the same illusionary effect and you don't see that getting much support <IMG SRC="biggrin.gif" border="0" ALT="icon">.
Some people just have very extreme views based on what they see as fact.
I don't think it's fair to blame religion - it's just as much mankind's fault.
I've always thought Christianity was all about forgiveness, humility, faith, service etc. Not hate, greed, bigotry, violence or sexism. No?
Well I had the Catholic Church in mind, seeing as I have sufferd a Catholic schooling, but Anglicanism and other Christian orthodoxies and the Moslem faith were in my mind too <IMG SRC="smile.gif" border="0" ALT="icon">
And were you being sarcastic? <IMG SRC="confused.gif" border="0" ALT="icon">
A. More than we can even count! Aside from having an incredible God to guide us through our lives, we are never alone through our joys and sorrows; He is always with us. He has this most of amazing way of comforting troubles. He takes the pain and anguish and replaces it with the most overwhelming feeling of peace and love
i found this..or rather a friend did at the following site.
If someone seriously believes in that then i say good for them, i'd love to believe that the world was full of joy, peace love etc!
However it sounds more like an advert created by a story writer on drugs.
What I really dont like is those people who are religious and go around thinking there is something abnormal about those who aren't. That's when things get a bit crappy.
I 'm quite happy to let others rely on whatever crutch they wish to rely on as long as they don't follow me around telling me I should too. or telling me I'm wrong not to!
And that is faith, not organised religion. Do not mistake them for each other.
[ 21-02-2002: Message edited by: Sean_K ]
I'm curious why you used the words 'organised religion'. What is the alternative, 'disorganised religion'? What's that?
byny, I think religion is more than a crutch to most Chritians. Power may well corrupt, but is that the religion's fault or the person's.
And Sean, I think religion and faith go hand in hand. You can't really have one without the other.
I left it - was too isolating for me and the religion and the community itself tended to put itself above everything - I was truly sickened though when as a kid, Id see everyone kissing the priests ass - as if he was the all knowing almighty - or in essence Christ himself!
Then it got too political and racist to a point for me. Telling us who to vote for, how we should feel on this or that political issue and if you differed in view - thats it you werent a catholic anymore. The biggest issue for me was in high school when I was dating this girl who happened to be baptist - it got to one of the teachers who told the principle who proceeded to yell at me about "dating within my own kind" - I replied you mean, human? I was given a detention for insubordination and continued dating the baptist.
Long story short - Im no longer a catholic for those reasons and find all organized religion to be too controlling for my liking.
I think quite a lot of people believe that there is a God of some sort, but lots of people disagree with the religion part.
I for one have a hard time comprehending nothingness, and prefer to think that something exists further along the line.
Here's some food for though: -Karl Marx
We better hide when baldy sees this <IMG SRC="biggrin.gif" border="0" ALT="icon">
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Ive no problem with Marx, he was a clever man. He does make good soundbites as well.
First, it is very possible to have faith and not be involved in organised religion. Organised religion refers to a church or church-like structure, which is not necessary to be religious or to have faith.
Everyone is probably familiar with the excesses and problems of the Catholic Church and the Church of England, but there are problems in Buddhism as well (do a search in the Bangkok Post for "Monk" and "Corruption" or for "Monk" and "Sex". You'll read a lot). Of course, Islam is fairly evident.
Christianity is the religion, Catholicism is the church.
I believe in my version of God, but believe that God exists in the way humans want him to. My God is no different to Allah, but both Christianity and the Moslem religion would claim to try otherwise.
I havent explained this very clearly, but basically organised religions try to control people by saying if you dont agree with them then you are evil. Faith is quite different.
I see your point about organised religions being mutually exclusive, but I don't think there would be any point in having religion at all if they all accepted the others as true as well.
And if you disapprove of child-shagging by Roman Catholic priests, it's probably best to rely on the Bible for your religion than that church <IMG SRC="wink.gif" border="0" ALT="icon">
Spirituality is a very personal thing, the belief that you hold about morals, the soul and the afterlife.
Organised religion was created to channel the inate spirituality of humans, as humans always set up organisations to control everything. Organised religion gives you a dogma that you are told is the truth, it tells you to hate thise who are different and because most religions are very old their dogma is based on moral codes from centuries ago hence the sexism, homophobia etc. and this is why organised religion is very bad indeed! <IMG SRC="frown.gif" border="0" ALT="icon">
But Organised religion is a church (or similar organisation).
[ 22-02-2002: Message edited by: Sean_K ]
[ 22-02-2002: Message edited by: Kentish ]