Seriously, imagine what will happen if god was taken out of the equation.
- no seventy virgins
- no paradise
- no hell
2006-12-23 16:32:12 · 12 answers · asked by Tawani 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Originally, the moral injunctions of most religions were designed to keep the rich and powerful from running roughshod on poor and powerless people. But invariably the people with the money and the power always take over the message and turn it against the poor. That's why the more financially successful churches focus on personal sins like robbery, drug abuse and pornography, rather than the big, hard to pin down sins like pollution, profiteering and redlining. After all, they wouldn't want the generous folks who pay for their fine buildings and furnishings to go away mad...
2006-12-23 17:30:14 · answer #1 · answered by skepsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity places the detrimental on the same factor because the rich. That replaced into between the excuses the Roman elite feared Jesus and His followers. He taught that all are equivalent beforehand God---rich and detrimental, slave and carry close, community and foreigner, Jews and Gentiles (greeks). Christianity psychologically empowered the detrimental to undertaking the abuse of power with the help of the rich in Roman society and has each considering. Many wars were fought considering that factor , the detrimental increasing up antagonistic to the tyrannical rich. BTW: the verse Thou Shalt not thieve applies to both rich and detrimental alike. So the answer is not any; it had the different result.
2016-12-01 03:21:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people wouldn't have a conscience or fear consequence, but how does that translate into the poor killing the rich? wouldn't you still fear earthly consequences, like jail?
ps---there are no 70 virgins and god's paradise is NOT in the shadow of the sword, so pump the brakes girl.
2006-12-23 16:35:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be both ways. With millions of Muslims around the world, I doubt about the availabiltiy of 72 virgins in heaven at the rate they are dying now and believing all of them are going to heaven.
. I wonder if it is paradise to wait since they are trained to take the easy way to get there..."Kill the infidels."
2006-12-23 16:52:55 · answer #4 · answered by Rallie Florencio C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there seems to be a lot of evidence for the point of view. But, like with many things, there are two sides. It could have been invented to lift people up and give them hope when there wasn't any. I'm hoping God is a socialist.
2006-12-23 16:35:48 · answer #5 · answered by San Diego Art Nut 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seriously, no. Religion is to worship the unfathomable Creator. Grow up.
2006-12-23 16:40:59 · answer #6 · answered by m. b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Foucault, the opposite would be true.
(Religion keeps the rich and powerful from killing
the weak and poor).
2006-12-23 16:36:27 · answer #7 · answered by Crazy Malamute 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Specific Religions may have been.
However Christianity was not.
Cordially,
John
http://www.GodSci.org
2006-12-23 16:33:59 · answer #8 · answered by John 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
lol. no. religion was just and organized way to celebrate your beliefs and teach and learn.
2006-12-23 16:40:08 · answer #9 · answered by j2dajo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
K GOD WAZ HERE 4EVA, U ASKIN DA WEIRDEST QUESTIONS IN DA WORLD,BUT ANYWAYS NO,WE HAVE A CHOICE 2 EITHER WORSHIP GOD,OR satan,SO U CHOOSE.
2006-12-23 16:35:43 · answer #10 · answered by anOnymOus 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋