I am absolutely at my wits end trying to understand some of these Christians. Why are some of these people so hateful? Tell me, does this sound like an "abomination"?
"We meditate on the transcendental glory of the Deity Supreme, who is inside the heart of the Earth, inside the life of the sky and inside the soul of the heaven. May He stimulate and illuminate our minds."
This is what the Hindu prayer was that caused such an uproar in the Senate. Was that so wrong? It was a universal prayer?? what is so wrong? I don't want to hear anything about "seperation of religion/state" whatever...if that were true, those Christian people wouldn't have jumped up started praying for their lives or something. Anyone, religion or not, can you find anything offensive about this?
2007-07-13 10:48:24 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thank you all for your answers...I just find it so confusing...why do Christians (not all of course!) need to act out in such a way? it was disgusting...=\ Jesus was a wise man who would never approve of such hate.
2007-07-13 10:54:18 · update #1
hisgloryisgreat you are a pig. Damn people to the Hell you create in your heart and only you yourself will surely rot in it.
2007-07-13 11:02:39 · update #2
I'm sure you can find it on YouTube, but you should try AOL news. And I am not mad all Christians. Not at all...=) Just the crazy ones.
2007-07-13 11:06:11 · update #3
I Am Great...whatever you are called....you need the meds, not me. Get a grip.
2007-07-13 11:08:07 · update #4
seems like you know your way around the drugs, such a shock. If i was ranting, it would not be in the form of a question. A question in which over 30 ppl found worthy of answering. I don't know why you bothered, since you are basically worthless when it comes to answering my ques.
2007-07-13 11:34:39 · update #5
You see, those folks weren't really Christians. People like that are the reason Jesus goes around smacking himself in the forehead and yelling, "Love Ye one another! How hard a concept is THAT?!?!?"
"The same god who sees the sparrow fall, hears the bullshit that people spout in His name."
2007-07-13 11:26:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I suspect that the Christians in question would probably be hateful no matter WHAT religion they happened to belong to. There are idiots in every faith, and some people are just plain born mean.
But I agree, it doesn't reflect very well on their religion. Thank whatever Gods may be that most Christians (at least in my experience) are not like that. The Hindu prayer was beautiful, and deserved a lot more respect than they were capable of showing.
2007-07-13 10:54:49 · answer #2 · answered by prairiecrow 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Note, when you talk about "separation of religion and state" what happened in the Senate does not apply. The Senate regularly invites spiritual leaders - ministers, priests, rabbis - to offer an opening prayer. This was just the first Hindu who was ever invited in the two centuries that they've been doing this.
Frankly, I'd rather they didn't do it at all but I'm glad they are at least acknowledging that there are other religions. Unfortunately, there are too many christians who don't want to acknowledge this. They have protested that jews (starting with Brandeis) should not be allowed on the Supreme Court and that catholics (Kennedy) should not be elected president. They have attacked Obama for being raised in a muslim country and Romney for being a mormon. They hate everyone who isn't like them. WWJD?
2007-07-13 10:52:02 · answer #3 · answered by Dave P 7 · 8⤊ 2⤋
This prayer was a very well thought out and universal prayer. There is absolutly nothing in it that is offensive or pertaining to one religion over another. It also is in line with making sure that no one religion is seen as representing the state, because it doesnt refer to a certain religion, so its in line with seperation of church and state, which by the way is partly in the constitution but was an idea from a letter to jefferson early in his administration. I personaly think that the people who burst out in prayer were some of the rudest people you can imagine, they claim to be christians but have no respect for other religions and tolerance for other religions even though they claim to. I think the people who disrupted the prayer are the abomination if there must be one from that day.
2007-07-13 10:57:57 · answer #4 · answered by Benotafraid 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
They pray in the Senate every morning so the uproar wasn't about separation of church and state. The uproar was from people with bigoted notions about who should be saying the prayer in the Senate.
Read the individual writings of the Founding Fathers and it is clear that they did not intend for this to be a Christian nation. Thomas Jefferson made references to his own "Hindoo" beliefs. People are getting sick of these patriotic religious bigots.
HisGloryisGreat, your ignorance is shameful.
2007-07-13 10:57:08 · answer #5 · answered by Shawn B 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Anything that is not a christian prayer is evil to a christian. They want to force the christian faith on others but want to other religion practiced by anyone. It and the Muslum faith are the most hatefull and perverse religions on the earth. Our founding fathers were of the belief christianity would die out within 20 years and be replaced with enightenment thought, that didn't happen to the detriment of the world.
2007-07-13 10:55:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm not religious, but I can't find a thing offensive in that prayer. I doubt the existence of a Deity Supreme, but the words still sound uplifting and positive. Most people would agree that minds should be stimulated and illuminated.
2007-07-13 10:52:22 · answer #7 · answered by Graciela, RIRS 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
OH I see... At first my response was that they denied some christian chaplain the right to pray but I saw the article of what happened.
Well all I can say is that there are definitely better ways to disagree. That was rather rude.
In the words of the prayer I don't really see much wrong with it all it. It is rather general and can apply to the christian God and other gods as well.
Rest assured we're all not crazy like that!
2007-07-13 11:20:13 · answer #8 · answered by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The agenda of those "elites" "in charge of the planet" is rather straightforward: keep the "ordinary folks" ignorant, disempowered, fearful, and "at each others throats" as much as possible. Thus while these "elites" plunder the planet for their own profit, the rest of us are kept out of their way.
Part of the agenda is the "religions" the people have been brainwashed and propagandized into accepting as "the truth". I don't really need to go into detail here do i? The worst offenders are the "fundamentalists" of all "configurations"--sheep led to the slaughter, some would say. Lacking in the skills of critical thinking, individuality and creativity, the pat answers give them a false sense of security. And, by pandering to their fears and egos--"only you will go to heaven", the "religion's" power is increased.
For "true believers", anything out of the ordinary is fearsome and unacceptable--and they will kill in order to preserve their sense of "safety and security".
The species, generally, needs a dramatic "consciousness upgrade" --- the leaders because they are psychopaths, and the proletariat because they are utterly clueless clones, who allow the continuance of their subjegation, without even a whimper.
2007-07-13 11:04:04 · answer #9 · answered by drakke1 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, I can't...sorry. And if I may comment isn't it Christians that also believe and preach that God is the God of everything? Isn't that what the prayer in the senate was saying?
I swore not to be combative with those of other faiths but sometimes they make it hard to keep a promise.
2007-07-13 10:54:40 · answer #10 · answered by Ahmad H 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋