2007-03-22 09:26:05 · 12 answers · asked by ♫That'll be the Day♫ 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because some religions don't like it's followers to think for themselves. They would rather have everybody think like one another.
2007-03-22 09:33:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know that it specifically discourages it. I've never seen any dogma to that extent, but...
I can see where you'd get that impression, in that Adam and Eve supposedly had free will, so they had the ability to "choose." If we have the freedom to choose, then we have the capability of choosing "wrong."
Hard-line, fundamentalists tend to push the concept of living by "the Word," meaning that you don't "need" to choose. According to them, all the answers to life are between the covers of the Bible.
This is how "self-ordained" ministers gain so much control, because the "followers" seek a leader; someone who will give them "enlightenment."
It's so much easier for some NOT to think; they would prefer their answers handed to them in simple black and white on a platter.
2007-03-22 17:12:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all religion discourages free thought. I know Unitarians, Episcopalians, Reform Jews, Quakers and many other people of faith who consider themselves to be freethinkers.
2007-03-22 16:32:01 · answer #3 · answered by solarius 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My religion encourages free thought and the search for the truth.
2007-03-22 16:33:04 · answer #4 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I didn't realize it did. I'm a Christian. Although I've not exactly been encouraged to ask questions by some of my fellow Christians, MOST of them are all for it. They are also free thinkers. I've had some VERY enlightening conversations with religious people.
2007-03-22 18:35:03 · answer #5 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Religion declares 'free-will' as the determinent of good and evil.
Atheism declares the modality of mind control, body control, population control, disease control, age control, weight control...all with pills, cosmetology, exercise, vitamins and other 'pipe-dreams' sold on your Donald Trump tv set.
2007-03-22 16:36:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe free thought led to religion
2007-03-22 16:31:02 · answer #7 · answered by chavito 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because, then you would realize that religion is a farce and the preachers/priests/rabbi's....... etc. would be out of a job.
2007-03-22 16:33:11 · answer #8 · answered by FireBug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously because all the thinking has been done for you, long before there were things like standard education.
2007-03-22 16:30:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it can't answer questions beyond it's own dogma.
2007-03-22 16:30:30 · answer #10 · answered by dorkmobile 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋