Why is everyone so sensitive about religion? Why are they so easily irritated when it is criticised?

Question

Is it their religion that makes them so?

Answer 1

Good one...

Yes it is their religion that makes them "sensitive"...Read the Holy Books of most religions and you will see that the "authors" of these "Holy Books" were men (usually) who used words to gain power. The best way to do that is to "divide" the "audience" by giving them an "enemy". Satan, the devil, the flesh, the ego, one's nature, such as the seven cardinal sins, lust, greed, anger, etc..including the pro-creation mechanism of the pleasure of sex,
food, ...

So it is not "religion" per se but that religion is an organizing of the "hard wired" need for the Mystical or the "magical" experience in Humans. Spirituality was supposed to represent a "direct relationship" with the Divine inside all of us but that has now also become "organized" by "greedy "GURUS" and the "nationalists" and the "fundamentalists" of India, and other cultures that used "meditation" as opposed to "prayer". The Guru in those cultures has become "God as "flesh and blood"...So the corruption is there right at the "theology" and creates flawed philosophy, flawed psychology and flawed "institutions" that create flawed and "subservient" and "obedient" indivuduals who obey to the point of "killing", war, genocide etc...History is full of such "rasputins" behind the power of the Political rulers of the day.

The mystical experience has to be "taken" over from the "experts", by the individuals, much like all the responsibities for our lives have to be taken back: our health, our religions, our defense, etc...We have to eliminate the "middle" man or the "proxy", the expert and do our own research and our own "talking to the ONE, what some call "god", that after all comes from a barbarian germanic tribe, the Goths, who along with their cousins, the Visigoths (Children of Goth or God) and the Vandals (who gave us "vandalism") invaded Rome in the 4th century of the Common Era (CE).

Cyril Borg, the Cyborg

Answer 2

Religious and political views are very special to the people. One must learn to stay away from them.

The people are this way because they are brought up in the certain ways, and by the time they are old enough to and able to discuss them they have certain in grained believes that is hard to over come, and they take it all personally.

You said, "when it is criticised"? no one has right to criticise any one. Polite discussions after knowing the person may be in order but one must walk on eggs.

The safe subject to discuss are sports and the safest yet is weather every thing in between can also be murcky.

I believe that all religions say and preach basically same values with little twist on them because of time in which they came in to being, most people were born some thing. It was not by choice, they were born in that particular religion.

Answer 3

I believe that religion is a very personal subject. Often religion is enforced by your upbringing and it reflects your beliefs in life and elements in life. Religion shapes who you are.
When you feel your views are being attacked, you take it personally. It is human nature to feel irritated and offended. It just becomes too much sometimes when someone criticize everything you believe to be true. You can have a discussion and try to understand the delicacies between different religions but to criticize someone's religion will not bring a good result.
And most religion preach tolerance and understanding so the religion doesn't make a person become violent or hostile.

Answer 4

Only those irritate who feel that their religion is in danger or under threat. But be careful do not criticise the sensitive one, otherwise you will be summoned by fatawa or death warrant.
Great religions and their followers have great tolerance power, they have a option to question and criticise.

Answer 5

Mostly, people give respect to the religion equal to their parents. When some one criticise parents, ( mother or father ) defenetly people get irritated. They can respect other parents but can not bear some one criticising their own parents.

A man or woman can change their partner by getting divoice. But one can not change their parents who is cause. You may adopt. The way, people are getting converted the religion , it is adoption of religion but surely they can not really change it like we can adopt child, but to be frank we might not given birth to. Right from the birth beginning, the child is given regilion.

So people get irritated.

Answer 6

Well, first of all, no one likes to be told they are wrong.
I don't appreciate people TELLING me what I believe, that is what irritates me. Whether or not a person believes the same as I do, I have no control over so I don't stress about it. I get irritated when people TELL me "this is what you believe" because they have "heard" or "read" about it...I am the one living it so I think I would know more.
Also, I think others get irritated when someone says "well you don't believe the same as me so you are wrong"
I hear that a lot too.

I am LDS. (Mormon)

Answer 7

A big reason is that one's religion is their way of representing and praising their God, and when their religion is criticised, some feel that it's a direct affront to their Creator. But it doesn't do for them to take it personal, because it was prophecied that people who believe in God and follow his teachings would be persecuted, and the persecution is oftentimes verbal criticism and attack. God knew people would slam him and deny him, and he should be the one to retaliate, not people.

Answer 8

Suppose some one comes to us and use bad comments and bad words about a housewife or their family member little away in your place where we dwell. We will pay no need and take it easy. If it is referring to our own family members will get irritated and angry and may react violently. The same applies here that is what i feel.

Answer 9

By criticizing one's "religion" so to speak, you are actually criticizing the legitimacy of their faith, and their Lord. No, it is not a pride issue, at least not one of SELF pride. But let's think of God as being superman, and Christians being all the little boys and girls who love superman. He's their hero, and when you criticize Superman, it doesn't hurt the children's pride in themselves, but you're telling them that their Hero is lame, a loser, fake, nonexistent. But they know, because they believe, and I know personally that when people criticize me for my Christianity, what hurts me is that they are so lost, and too thickheaded sometimes for me to breakthrough. A big part of Christianity is being able to share the Joy that I have found in Christ Jesus. When that gift is rejected, isn't the feeling of being criticized expected?

Answer 10

Christianity. playstation ... with regard to the denomination, i exchange into informed to declare Baptist. besides the undeniable fact that, after some or plenty thinking, I chosen to not p.c.. a definite denomination simply by fact this basically finally ends up in properganda against different denominations. i've got additionally found out that I judged different denominations simply by fact they weren't on my "team," something that i don't elect to do. i've got asked God to help me eliminate judgment, and that i've got confidence that not having a denomination for me is greater valuable than to have one and think of of yet another in a foul way. yet as quickly as I had to p.c.. one, then Baptist.