Why would anyone want to destroy or pubish a religion thats teach kindness,peace,gentleness and goodwill??

Question

Also why would one think he can only serve his God by being brutle to those of another belife? Isn't his God above that,to employ the conduct of of mortals to carry out His goals ??

Answer 1

You see. Let me put it simply.

We have people in power.

We have people who are religious.

We have people who are not only in power, but ALSO religious.

And, yes, Christianity (and Islam, as a matter fact) teaches kindness, peace, gentleness, and goodwill.

But: Often the people in power who are ALSO religious apply RELIGION to the use of their power. And that is what makes government rather ambiguous and distorted.

Let me give you an analogy, and bare in mind that this is just a simplification. This is just a simple example for you to learn the difference. Don't delve too much into it because it leads nowhere.

Okay:

In the Bible it says that we should not have abortion. Well, not technically written directly. But it pretty much sums up that we shouldn't kill, and that - RELIGIOUSLY - life begins as soon as the "seed" is set in place.

Now, in the constitution, it is TECHNICALLY okay to have abortion.

You see...one view is based on RELIGION and the other view is based on a more secular view of life, a life WITHOUT a God.

But you see, a person in power who is also religious has the power to say, "You know, I am religious. And while the constitution is based on secularism, I don't want it to be that way. I am going to make it into a rather Biblical Constitution."

And this is where the struggle is: Those who understand that religion is ONE perspective of life, and those who believe that God should take over, especially in the form of political power, are constantly waging war against themselves.

Now...how does this relate to your question?

The people who are religious, and who also have power, have been in power for a long time. And when they have the power to do as they please, to interpret the constitution in any religious way they want, and distort the original constitution as it was, go to some other countries with NOT ONLY power, but also with RELIGION.

And this makes it seem that we have a bullyish religious culture.

We don't.

Religion, Christianity in its purest form is very loving. And tolerant. Think of Ned Flanders, for crying out loud!

But when you give someone the power to abuse that kindness to turn it into something else, and they do, we don't look so loving.

And people start believing we worship not a loving God, but a satanistic empirialist prick.

And the world isn't dead. They have the will to fight back. And they do. And they have. And they will.

Answer 2

With the fall of the Roman Empire, the librarian of Alexandria was pulled off her carriage and skinned alive. Literacy dropped. Even the Pope had to have the Bible read to him. In the first crusade, Christians killed tens of thousands of people they called "infidels". The Children's Crusade (1212) caused the deaths of nearly 50,000 children. Preachers sentenced to death and executed thousands during the Inquisition (1233-1834) for heresy and witchcraft. There were the Salem witch trials (1692) in America. The 17th Century Thirty Years War (Catholics v. protestants) wiped out tens of millions in Europe. In the Taiping Rebellion in China in the 1850's a Christian cult started a war that resulted in the slaughter of twenty million people. In the Holocaust six million Jews were murdered. Muslims and Christians in Bosnia reached a death toll of over 250,000.

This must be your definition of "peace", "kindness", "gentleness", and "goodwill."

Answer 3

I am not impressed by a religion that merely teaches kindness, peace, gentleness, and goodwill. I look at their practice. And Christianity falls so far short of what they profess that I would want to destroy it. Meanwhile, Buddhism has largely achieved what Christianity only pretends to be. No Holy wars, no Inquisition, no Crusades, no killing of one sect by another over petty doctrinal differences. Buddhism turned one group of violent Mongols into the peaceful Tibetans. It made a great, peaceful and constructive man out of the Emperor Ashoka in India.

Answer 4

When one is truly used by God he ministers under the direction and anointing of the Holy Spirit. He does not decide what to do but do what the Holy Spirit leads him to do. He moves in the gifts and the fruit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness and self-control) of the Holy Spirit. A true Christians serves God not by his own might or his own power but by the Spirit. Those who use their own strength and decision to serve God are actually running their own agenda and using the name of God in vain. In this age of grace and truth God is not in it where violence by men is involved.

Answer 5

There are religions that talk about being kind, peaceful, gentle and have good will to all. but they certainly do not practice what they preach.
Their God may be above that but the preachers and the congregation are not towards those that will not accept their ideas.

Answer 6

Do you mean punish? Every religion believes that theirs is the kind, peaceful and gentle religion. Every war is fought in the name of "God" (whatever God that religion believes in) No religion is better than the other in that aspect.

Answer 7

God will be brutal to those who served other gods. His word (the holy bible) is the only truth.

Answer 8

They are the sinners in the name of GOD.

Answer 9

If it were only so simple ....look again my friend.

Answer 10

Because they PRACTISE selfrightousness, murder, theft, rape, authoritarian, anti science etc... you know like the Buddhists