I need help. I want to believe in the goodness of religion, but I am struggling.
I'm starting to think religion is just all about preserving your own ticket to so called heaven rather than creating happiness and sympathy for people who are actually here on Earth.
It seems so many religious people are blindly willing to hurt their own families, minority groups or even inflict violence against others if it means they get on the good side of God and get into so called heaven.
Even my own aunty avoids her non-religious family and shuns her parents, and also her son who is gay, which has cuased them so much pain, all becuase of her selfishness to get herself into heaven and be on Gods good side.
I am worried as I am becoming very cynical towards organised religion, but at the same time I also think it's making me more understanding and compassionate of the feelings and pain of others.
I don't know what to think. Am I being too cynical?
2007-05-17
11:08:05
·
12 answers
·
asked by
Anonymous
in
Religion & Spirituality