Whether its God or the Bomb, its just the same. Its only fear under another name ........... Do you agree?

Question

Whether through might or with fear of religious retribution, both methods are used to keep mankind supressed.

Link 955 - Thank you. I thought I wasnt going to get any sensible answers there for a bit.

Answer 1

no, I don't.
not at all.
you have it all wrong.

Answer 2

You have a point. But I would caution that it's NOT the only force at work and that the result may play roles in human existence way beyond the intentions of tyrants or the priestly classes.

In the first category, many religions offer the stick of of horrendous retribution coupled with the carrot of "paradise." It plays to both sides of our fear of death: we can live forever in happiness or forever in pain. That kind of nonsense, if forced on individuals from the moment they are weaned by their loved ones, becomes almost impossible to overcome for most.

Of course this can be used by powerful people to help control populations, but by and large you'd find that's the cart before the horse. Religion is a cultural development, and it interacts with politics in a much more oblique way. You can appeal to religion to win a following for this or that cause, but you will not likely create a religion for those purposes.

Answer 3

If you have no fear, either you are without understanding, or you have a superior understanding that has freed you from fears.
Being a little man of flesh, vulnerable to intense, prolonged pain and the loss of all things you hold dear, and having no assurance that you will escape a miserable end and be cast into an unknown future, one which some declare to be profoundly glorious or unimaginably terrible; you would have to be incredibly dense to lightly dismiss all fear, and I would think in serious danger of hurting yourself by carelessly walking off the top of a tall building or casually strolling into a blast furnace.

Answer 4

I don't agree at all. Christians have set up the freest societies in the world. Please tell me the name of a nation that lives under Judeo/Christian law that is suppressing you.

The bomb is a weapon, designed by men to kill men. God is a savior, offering salvation to anyone who sincerely seeks it. Hmm, nope, no basis for comparison.

Re your added note: I didn't know "homeland security" was God! What rock have I been under? LOL If you weren't asking a genuine question, should have said so upfront.

Answer 5

People who live in free countries and still fear religious retribution suffer from a peculiar abnormality of the brain.

Recommended remedy: education.

Answer 6

The God of the Bible does not want us to fear Him.
He prefers us to love Him.

(He may not be against us fearing Him only, IF we will be saved by it).

Answer 7

It's all designed to accomplish the same end: control. If the powers that be can keep us scared, off-balance and suspicious of everything, they can pretty much feed us anything. If they can keep us afraid of "terrorists," they can chip away at our Constitutionally guaranteed freedoms, in the name of "homeland security." Stay tuned.

Answer 8

actually you are set free as a Christian. you are not to live in fear. Fear is of the devil. There are many Bible versus about this. email me and I will send them to you. Fear is a lack of trust and faith in Christ.

Answer 9

I don't agree. In neither case is fear the only relevant factor.

Answer 10

Fear is a cage without bars and a chain without the ball. Show yourself this, and you can be fearless.

Answer 11

Yes, agreed. Both use fear.