With the majority of English speaking religious fanatics in the US i thought that yahoo would be a good place to ask this question, also isn't it crazy that most of the people the US is killing in this “war on terror” are just mirrors of themselves e.g. religious fanatics like George and Osama.
2007-07-16 04:24:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Been looking through everyones answers. Their all valid points, but as a mark of respect I've chosen for someone peacefully following their religion. The best answer prize goes to:
2007-07-16 11:19:47 · update #1
From my experience with fanaticism, I have come to realise that most of it is through fear. Fear of hellfire, fear of bringing down retribution, etc. And a feeling that you are "special", "Called out", the "Chosen ones". And the rest of humanity are damned unless you convert them.
The trouble is that when you begin to water down your religion to make it less vengeful, it no longer appeals to the fanatics.
I am actually quite religious, but the more of I see of fanaticism, the more attracted I am to atheism.
God is powerful enough to sort out his own enemies. Let him do it.
2007-07-16 05:12:27 · answer #1 · answered by True Blue Brit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By showing the fallacy of their arguements.
The more one examines the ideas of Reality :
The more complex the means, by which the Idea
or Principle is Arrived at:
The less likliehood it is of being true.
God does Simple:
More often or not, The Simplest
answer, while appearing complex is in fact simple.
Chase Jewry Out of Germany:
Hand The Allies Atomic Power.
Kill The Eagles...
Let Loose The Plagues of Locust.
Evil of itself:
Galvanises and Creates The Sword, which will
in time Destroy it.
Evil can only exist, as long as Good allows it.
2007-07-16 05:45:39 · answer #2 · answered by sorbus 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Religion kills more people than drugs. Bet God's thrilled about that.
People have been hiding behind religion for centuries using it to cover their inadquacies and to get exactly what it is they want at any cost. It has sod all to do with God.
You can ask people to step out form behind their mask and be honest about being selfish, callous, genocidal manics, but apart from that I cant really see how you can stop it peacefully.
I like your thinking though.
2007-07-16 04:31:25 · answer #3 · answered by Ice Queen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think you can stop people from being religious fanatics. because in america you have freedom of expression and religion so who are you to tell people they can't practice their religion the way they want to? i personally don't like fanatics, but you can't stop them. and bush is an idiot, because you can't stop terror before it happens. and even if you can it has nothing to do w/ religion. many people seem to think, because of bush and his administration that islam allows for terror when it doesn't. in actuality people just don't like america
2007-07-16 05:14:00 · answer #4 · answered by Nadine 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Religion is an outdated concept, those who are truly "good" representatives of their religion do not shout about that religion being the only or best religion. personally I do not need religion in my life to live a "proper life" to think that being a member of an organised religion assures that you live a decent life is ridiculous, equally as ridiculous as assuming that atheists/ agnostics are all bad people. People are people.. they should be judged by their actions, not their beliefs.
2007-07-16 04:34:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
by stamping out ignorance where we can
even though as I'm pretty sure ignorance will be harder to stamp out than to make cochroaches extinct
and if you find atheists fanatical it's cause we're cought in the middle of a war about who has the more real imagineary friend
2007-07-16 04:30:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually I'm finding Atheists to be just as fanatical if not more so then the fanatical Christians/Religious fanatics.
2007-07-16 04:27:59 · answer #7 · answered by LaptopJesus 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
they could in the event that they tried. the element is there'll continuously be people who think of that they are extra constructive than human beings, and that they've got here across the only authentic faith. the reason i won't be able to get alongside with some chritsians is the certainty that they warfare to push their faith onto me. i could fairly fortunately stay in conjunction with all and sundry else, by fact i do no longer care what faith human beings are.
2016-11-09 11:10:42 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have to defeat tyranny in the realm of thought and create a will for world peace.
2007-07-16 08:08:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Burn em all out, like at Waco and the mosque in Pakistan. oh, you said 'peacefully'..... can't be done. There will always be fools willing to follow corrupt 'religious' leaders.
2007-07-16 04:30:42 · answer #10 · answered by Hothman 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋