Doesn't it seem like a huge puzzle? ...and yet we judge and fight.
2006-11-15 19:56:26 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Devora K you are brain-washed. Isolated and EXTREME sections of the Islamic faith hate the West. I'm not with any specified religion and can see the BS . BS
2006-11-15 20:09:42 · update #1
"Doesn't it seem like a huge puzzle?"
Yes, it does.
I love the history channel,
they had this really cool program on about halloween, Christians and Pagans.
I bet they'll have one for Christmas too, I can't wait.
I can't believe how many ppl don't know how Christmas came to be !
2006-11-15 20:05:39 · answer #1 · answered by lilith 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a huge puzzle. How could anyone fully understand everything? You can't walk in the shoes of every person on the planet and fully comprehend every experience. We can do more for each other and for ourselves by simply agreeing to disagree.
As for religions damning others....that is a rather harsh judgement to make. I don't think a loving God would approve of that.
Peace!
2006-11-15 20:16:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume you're talking about christianity. What I'd really like to know is how somewhere between 100 and 140 million christians could have been murdered for their faith in the 20th century and, for the most part, the newsmedia has simply ignored it. Oh, by the way, Islam also damns all other religions. I'm not sure if hinduism damns other religions but they sure do kill a lot of christians in Hindu countries, especially india.
I got this off of wikipedia:
Martyrdom in the 20th century
The 20th century again saw large numbers of Christians martyred by non-Christians, in persecutions by political authorities that have antipathy directed towards particular faiths, or religion in general. Allegedly this has included Turkey persecuting the Armenians during World War I, the Soviet Union and early People's Republic of China. The Russian Orthodox Church in post-Soviet times termed many of those who died for this faith "New Martyrs", meaning that it was the second greatest persecution of Christians since the early centuries of the Christian era. Many Christians died in southern Sudan, as a result of the Islam-dominated north. The Taliban regime had been known as well to mount another wave of persecutions, although this has received less international attention, given its scale.
Pope John Paul II canonized hundreds of martyrs of the Spanish Civil War, mostly priests and nuns shot by irregular leftist militias.
During the reign of Adolf Hitler and National Socialism in Germany, a large number of Christians were martyred. Among the most famous martyrs of that time are Maximilian Kolbe, Paul Schneider and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Martyrs can even be found in today's United States, particularly in school massacres. Marian Fisher, one of the girls who died in the 2006 Amish schoolhouse massacre asked the killer to shoot her first in an apparent bid to save the younger girls who were being held as hostages together with her. Fisher's 11-year-old sister, Barbie, appealed to Roberts to shoot her next. In the Red Lake High School massacre, a student named Chase Lussier died saving one of his friend's lives. In the Columbine High School massacre, Cassie Bernall was asked if she believed in God by one of the shooters, and she said 'yes', afterwards being shot.
Many church historians believe that there were more Christian martyrs in the 20th century than in the first nineteen centuries combined.
2006-11-15 20:15:09 · answer #3 · answered by upsman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they condemn because they doubt themselves. they hate because someone else does not believe in their emperors new clothes fantasy. religion loves sycophants, but hates those free from their blindness.
if you believed in a 'truth' you would be content, and nothing else would matter. people who believed differently wouldnt be sharing your heaven (or whatever) and that is their loss, not yours.
so with this I see that the haters are non-believers of their own words, and just like adulterers... the guilty one doesnt trust the innocent one.
truth creates calm
doubt creates chaos
why hate the fool? for the alternatives surely are foolish beliefs.
all the haters are fools and have no place in the dream they dwell.
2006-11-15 20:09:24 · answer #4 · answered by SAINT G 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The reason why is because there are many religions in this world, but only one that is right. It just so happens that the right religion is MY religion. I'm not going to tell you what it is, but believe me all other religions are a waste of time. My religion could totally kick the crap out of any other religion out there. It might be your religion, but I doubt it.
2006-11-15 20:57:07 · answer #5 · answered by Wiseass 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Religions are usually quite narrow minded when it comes to accepting other belief systems.
I Cr 13;8a
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2006-11-15 19:59:14 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Which religion are we talking about?
The only over-zealous, bigoted, hypocritical and prejudicial people here are the ...
Nevermind. It's obvious that one side finds fault with another and insults it and its members. The insulted side can only defend and counter but get reported and their Q's deleted in process
based on total bias.
Sad but true.
2006-11-15 20:01:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't blame the religion; you blame the people in the religion; we are all guilty of this in one way or the other; for example, Soul Rebel wrote that he left the Catholic Faith for Muslim because His Grand parent son killed his father...why did Soul Rebel damn all catholics because of this?
So I replied that Soul Rebel was part of a religious faith ...Muslim...who killed each other every day.
He sent me a very angry mail. So why do you damn my faith and go crazy when I damn yours? Why??????
Or is it the normal behavior of you crazy Muslim Fanatics????
2006-11-16 06:38:50 · answer #8 · answered by Roxton P 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am Muslim and any time I have been in Mosque have not heard damming other religions or beliefs except for one who want us dead and that "religion " starts with a J
2006-11-15 20:01:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anas 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ha ha.. is defending and sharing thoughts damning??
well, that's why people like to come here... defending their religion, insulting others... i share your thought.. but sometimes you and i just fall into the trap and want to say something...
religion never fights.. the people do.. they fight in the name of God.. but God never want us to fight right?? if there's really a fight or judgement.. everyone here will be responsible right?
2006-11-15 20:07:11 · answer #10 · answered by cheesecake 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋