Dont you agree that religious people are all weak people?

Question

Thats the truth no matter what how you slice it people who need to believe in myths like jesus and other gods that dont exist are weak and they cant accept reality and they need that garbage as a crutch so that to me sounds weak and let me just ask you something if someone has a broken leg and there using a crutch arent they physically weak because they need a crutch to walk ya they are and the only difference here that is that religious people are weak mentally and thats why they need religion cause there weak and they cant accept reality that theres no god and no afterlife so lets just call it what it is and stop sugar coating it and call a spade a spade religious people are weak and there losers at life cause they cant accept reality and when people say that they "found god" they didnt find anything since theres no god they just got weak and couldnt deal with whatever was going on in there life so they grab a crutch by believing in garbage like "jesus" to avoid reality

Answer 1

Sorry, I have to disagree with you, faith does not make you a weak person, generalization and lack of knowledge do though, God Bless...

Answer 2

You are assuming that all religious people are like Christians. If they use their religoin as a crutch and close their eyes and scream whenever anyone might suggest that their god doesn't exist then yes they are weak minded people. But if they came to their Divine Conclusion on the basis of logic and reason, then no. Because those people know that there is a chance that their God doesn't exist and that they made it up. If there are people who keep that doubt and reason to their religion, then they are not weak minded, just optimistic.

Answer 3

Well, I'm religious, and I'm not mentally weak.

I don't use punctuation as a crutch, I use it so that others will be able to understand me better.

I have used a "cruch" before, but was not physically weak, merely injured, and the crutch was there to enable me to get around while my incredibly resilient body healed itself.

I don't use a telephone as a crutch because I'm simply not loud enough, I use it to be able to reach those who are not near me.

I don't use a computer as a crutch because I'm too lazy to use a typewriter or a pen, I use it to enable to me to do things faster and easier.

I don't use science as a crutch to deal with things I don't understand, I use it to understand better.

I don't use philosophy as a crutch, I use it to come closer to fundamental principles of life and the universe.

I don't use deity as a crutch, I use it becaue it is a model which gives some continuity and explanation to things that I already know and feel.

It's really easy to not believe if you keep your eyes shut. It's really easy not to believe if you ignore things that are uncomfortable. It's really easy to dismiss the experiences of others if you start with the assumption that everyone else is an idiot.

It's much more difficult and much more challenging to actually have an open mind. You might want to believe that you can put all human experience into a simple box named "psychology", and believe that anything outside measurable principles is simply delusion or illusion. That though, isn't scientific at all, and prejudice, in my opinion, the presumed foreknowledge of truth, is the ultimate crutch, because it allows one to disbelieve whatever they wish.

The crutch is assuming that one has truth, and that all else are deceived, by ignorance or pathology. In your question, you prove that you are not relying on science, but arrogance. There have been weak among the religious, and there are weak among the atheist. Who is weaker, the one who is willing to discuss differences among philosophy, or the one who out of arrogance simply dismisses all who believe differently as wrong, and believes that insulting them is an honorable means of dealing with difference?

Answer 4

Think about the crutch you talk about. True, you need a crutch to support you, but you also need firm ground to set that crutch on. Afterall, what good is a crutch if you have nothing firm to set it upon? In the same way, if our religious belief is our crutch, then our God serves as the foundation which we use to make us stand. To think you are above any kind of help, that you can stand on your own, makes you profess to be a master beyond everything this universe has, that your own strength is beyond whatever nature throws your way. I wouldn't be ashamed of using a crutch if I realized something was broken. Neither should you.

Answer 5

I am wondering if you have actually researched the truth and the facts to come to such a conclusion? I have done mine, and I can not conclude anything but that there is a God, that Jesus Christ is the Lord and Saviour...all the evidence is there.. I do have a few answers for you:

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. (1 Cor. 1:27)

For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength. (1 Cor 1:25)

And last but not least:

The fool says in his heart,
"There is no God."
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
there is no one who does good.

2The LORD looks down from heaven
on the sons of men
to see if there are any who understand,
any who seek God.
(Psalm 14:1-2)

Answer 6

Read Hebrews 11:32-34; It is through our weakness that we are made strong, Winning many battles, stopping mouths of Lions. The reality is this brother, Isaiah 28:22; be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of host a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth..

Answer 7

Let me tell ya, this could not be further from the truth! I am A Cristian and if you think people willing to be killed because they won't stop their Christianity are weak then, you seriously are A head case!!
You know what? I will be praying for you may God keep His patience with you until you decide to except Him.
You will be judged by Him wether you know it or not and if your name isn't in the book of life there WILL be 2 angels grabbing your arms and they WILL throw you in the lake of fire!! and you will burn and be tormented forever!! think about that forever, eternity is A very, very long time it is not too late for you to change your stinkin thinkin and exept Jesus into your life!!

Answer 8

And do you have proof that these religions are wrong? Those in glass houses shouldn`t throw stones. You are being very ignorant in this statement. An open minded, wise person wouldn`t dismiss something until they have proof against it. And people who have religious believes could be considered strong, but not weak. Why? Because all of us have to deal with being critized and challenged constantly by people like you and people from other religions.

Answer 9

I don't agree with it at all. I think people who feel we are here accidentally and there is no nothing and we become fodder are very, shallow and vapid.

If there is no purpose we should all just comit sucide! I mean, nothing means nothing.

We are an accident that means nothing to no one outside of ourselves and we grew a brain and learned to make war and kill each other.

If there IS a God we deserve to be wiped off the face of the Earth for that alone.

It that statement proves there is a God, then it also proves there is no Humanity, just a bunch of viruses out consuming everything for their own self gratification.

That's a VERY shallow view of life.

Answer 10

Let's see. Martin Luther, risking his very life to end the oppression of poor people by the Catholic Church.

Yup. Boy, that was one weak sod (if you can't hear the sarcasm here, you're not listening).

Dietrich Bonhoeffer-- who gave his LIFE in the goal of freeing the Church from that evil lying fraud Hitler. Yup, boy, that man was so freaking weak, writing calmy shortly before his death about how he was probably going to die, and how he was confident that Christ would be there with Him when it happened and he had nothing to fear.

Boy, what a woose!

Let's see, about all of the early disciples ended up murdered for their beliefs. Boy, going out trusting people enough not to bring any money or extra clothes, or food with them, and depending on the hospitality of others to pay them for their hard work, and long treks.

Yeah. Cowards all.

How 'bout those people in various countries across the world who are Christians, and know very well that they may not wake up in the morning because they may find themselves beheaded for being confessing Christians.

What weak fools!

Shane Claiborne and his groups, who constantly risk jail and incarcaration for such heinous acts as giving food to the homeless poor in parks, and who spend everyday in the inner cities and abandoned places of the nation, and who even went to Iraq to hang with the Iraqi Christians during the invasion and bombings.

Freaking Yellow-belly. (If you still can't hear the sarcasm you really need help).

Do I need to continue the list or have you yet gotten the point?

Answer 11

What about people who do not believe that being a part of their religion is going to get them a special prize?

As in: people who do not believe only their religion's followers are going to heaven.

As in: people who do not believe God/gods love them and will do more for them more than non-believers in their religion.

Just to let you know, there are plenty of people like that. In Christianity alone, a Newsweek/Beliefnet poll in August 2005 found these results: : 68% of evangelicals, 83% of Protestants, and 91% of Catholics believe that people who are not of their faith can go to heaven or attain salvation. That's between 68-91% of American people who do not commit themselves to Christianity for the comfort of a perfect life after death. That's not including other countries or other religions, but there will be people who feel the same way there too.

For these people, we consider ourselves part of a religion because we want to participate in a community that helps us live by the best principles. There is nothing "in it for us" except the intrinsic joy that comes from connecting to Something More, and the inward peace that comes from making healthy, caring choices instead of unhealthy, harmful ones. No hope for future "goodies" that we are leaning upon.


Your poorly written argument does not hold up for these people.

~ Lib