In acient times in order for religious leaders to maintain and keep people conditioned to follow and believe in religion; the idea of heresy and blasphemy was invented. Invented so that anyone who expressed a lack of belief, or expressed any type of point of view that showed that they did not believe in god or religion they were punished under both or either of these so called laws.
Do you agree or disagree with this idea?
Also a second question
Do you feel that the extreme religious groups would like to bring back both blasphamy and heresy in an attempt to ensure that people stay conditioned to believe in religion and hinder those of us who express our ideas and thoughts that go against it?
2006-07-28 19:55:28 · 8 answers · asked by gwad_is_a_myth 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I agree with you on both ideas.
2006-07-28 19:59:26 · answer #1 · answered by CaptWags 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll answer the second question first with another question, what do you mean by "bring back blasphemy and heresy"? I don't think it has ever gone away. Now for the first question: Heresy and blasphemy were not "invented". They are just words that mean one person's beliefs are sufficiently different from the consensus belief system that they are incompatible with membership in that religious group. To the extent that someone's livelihood depends on remaining a member of the consensus belief system, threatening to label someone as a heretic or excommunicate them has been used as a tool of control, but this is a secondary issue. A person who truly holds to his own beliefs has nothing to fear from his fellow man. Whether or not an individuals beliefs are in line with God's absolute truth (or potential lack thereof) is the only thing that really matters, not whether they conform to any particular group's imperfect understanding.
2006-07-29 03:18:06 · answer #2 · answered by dmowen03 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agree and disagree. I don't see that they were doing it because someone actually didn't believe in God. It's because those who didn't believe in their God were less likely to listen to their High Priests... which was a big no-no. Invented by man for man.
Definitely. I have heard people say that they should make laws in order to either convert or get rid of those people who disagree with them. Religion is a powerful tool... more powerful than politics.
2006-07-29 09:19:56 · answer #3 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say fudge them all. Believe what you want to believe and if they have a problem with it, screw them. No these extreme religious groups should not bring back blasphamy and heresy. It is extremely hypocritical and therefore defying the soul purpose of religion.
2006-07-29 03:27:56 · answer #4 · answered by BenJamin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blasphemy in one religion is faith in other.So man invented blasphemy law. Like there r Marxists who want 2 propagate atheism and socialism , there r the faithful 2 propagate religion and make another law against blasphemy.
2006-07-29 03:03:40 · answer #5 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're spot on here. Fact is though that its not only a religious tool, but used in politics as well. We're losing personal liberties at an alarming rate in the U.S., but when newspapers try to report this, people are prosecuted, and the neo-cons try to make you look unpatriotic.
2006-07-29 03:02:42 · answer #6 · answered by Bill K Atheist Goodfella 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Until fairly recently (in historical terms), there was no distinction between civil law and religious law. Religion = state is the historical norm. We are in relatively new territory.
2006-07-29 03:07:05 · answer #7 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah i agree, but i also think religion was put in place for them same reason, at least major religions of the early days, so ppl wouldn't step out of line, they would go to hades if they did, good threat ain't it, u dont behave u'll spend eternity in hell, makes most ppl wanna do good things :-)
2006-07-29 03:06:51 · answer #8 · answered by bobatemydog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋