To kill is wrong, to steal is wrong, to hurt is wrong and most respectable sects say it so. So why would a religious person kill in Gods name, Why do people feel it to be right to massacre another belief to make the undefined culture under their own following, is this Gods will? By this, I mean to say, it is wonderful to preach your beliefs unto others, yet do it sparingly. Every day I do this task, just look at my profile. Yet, so many closed-minded, one-sided believers say that I am wrong. I do not damn any God, I believe that those who preach their way, or that damnation is certain, are wrong. Does anyone feel this way? I must apologize; normally I feel my questions are better thought out, yet tonight, I have been drinking, which is a sin to some, yet OK by others and again, I apologize…Just curious what you think.
2007-01-09 12:44:20 · 10 answers · asked by vanya_jbriere 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Religion is in a very difficult place right now. It was originally created to explain aspects of life that were otherwise inexplicable. However, now we've got the means to explain pretty much anything. Religion is now holding on by blind faith and tradition, handed down from family to family like DNA. (You're born a Jew, you stay a Jew, etc.)
To see exactly where we stand, check out books like "The End of Faith" by Sam Harris, or "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins.
I like to compare organized religion to the MPAA and RIAA (movie and music organizations) that have been reduced to litigation just to keep people in line and buying their materials rather than getting it for free somewhere else. Sound familiar?
It's difficult for some of us (and I agree with your stance) to tell people who strongly, strongly believe in these religion myths that they're pulling fleece over their own eyes, but methinks it's about time to do so.
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2007-01-09 12:51:19 · answer #1 · answered by Curio 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you, kind sir, are refering to the Iraqi war, I cannot explain why one branch of islam is so willing to slaughter another branch. Christians have been willling to do such as well, witness the crusades which ravaged Eastern Orthodox cities.
If the reference is to the American presence in Iraq, I would demur from it being a "Christian" presence. In light of the genocide practiced on the Kurds and Marsh Arabs, I would applaud it as a welcome intervention. By the same token, I would ask if it was racism that stayed out hand before similar genocide in Rwanda, Uganda, Cambodia, and now Sudan.
I concur that to usurp the divine's perogative in judging is wrong. I suspect it is a sign of one's immaturity and perhaps uncertainty.
2007-01-09 13:21:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a)what's your faith? -i'm a Christian, and that i might want to favor to call it a courting, no longer a faith.(because it truly is no longer a faith) b)do you visit mass a week? -i'll church, no longer mass, mass is catholic, it really is a Latin be conscious besides. c)do you pray daily? -I pray even as i choose help, or maybe as i think undesirable, or the different time i choose someone to confer with, or maybe even as i'm basically doing no longer some thing...I often pray a minimum of once an afternoon, yet no longer continuously. d)Do you imagine individuals are lazy even as it consists of faith?why? -i'm no longer particular what you advise precisely, lazy? being a Christian, being Lazy is basically no longer that straightforward, you do not have a lot you want to do, there are not any rituals you may do, there's no loopy things you may do daily or some thing...i might want to assert no on your question e)Do you imagine faith is significant?why? i imagine my faith is significant, i imagine my courting with jesus Christ is significant. in case you concentrate on that a faith, then sure.
2016-12-28 13:48:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have problems.They think their God wants them to kill those who disagree. The Christian God says to hate the sin and not the sinner, but to pray for them. All religions have a fringe wing that go off the deep end.
2007-01-09 12:56:03 · answer #4 · answered by Fly Boy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Religious people that kill, are just that, religious. Religion is not the answer to any of the world's problems, and it is the root of much evil. Jesus Christ is the answer, and belief in Him is the Only answer.
2007-01-09 13:42:25 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People would killing God's name because they are Christian nuts. Just look at the Crusades, is that what Christianity preaches ?
2007-01-09 12:49:48 · answer #6 · answered by Serpentis 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think only psychotics kill people but use anything they want to try to justify it. It just gets noticed more if they say it's their religion. If they say little garden gnomes told them to, then they'd just be put away and forgotten about.
2007-01-09 12:50:13 · answer #7 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you're right it's wrong to kill in the name of religion and in the name of god
2007-01-09 12:49:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is neither here nor there regarding your question but my name is Vanya. And I get excited when I see someone with the same name...(Russian huh?)
2007-01-09 13:16:50 · answer #9 · answered by louloutee 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i agree.
thats why i became atheist
2007-01-09 12:51:01 · answer #10 · answered by uhohspaghettiohohs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋