what drives religious people to believe in this type of nonsense?

Question

muslims believe that a stone in saudi arabia is the place where uncle abraham tried to sacrifice his son, and worships this stone

buddhists in sri lanka worships a tooth they say is of buddha

Hindus worship the lingam (penis) of lord shiva

I wonder what drives religious people (in some cases even educated people) to worship and believe in such rubbish?

what are your comments?

lol

ex muslim / free thinker

Answer 1

Pack mentality.

... A product of fear, essentially... though other things stem from that.

It is the mentality of one who is low in the pecking-order of the pack... who deny responsibility for making decisions by seeking to place that responsibility on a higher source. They are people who become confused if they are not being led around like a dog on a leash.

They can't help it really.
Those of us who can stand by and mock them are the ones with the alpha mentality.... born with the mind-set of leaders... programmed to view those not like ourselves as lessers.
It is all instinctual.


If you really want to understand it more..... take a BSc in Behavioural Biology or similar.... It does wonders.

Answer 2

The place of sacrifice is not Ka'aba it is 6 km out makkah. And muslim sacrifice animal there as a remembrance.

Ka'aba is first mosque on earth.the sanctuary known as the Kaaba, or House of God. Which was praying place of angels and then it was built by Adam and his son Sheeth. And it remained praying place for the prophets up till Noah pbuh and it was lost in the deluge. Later Prophet Abraham (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) with his first son Ishmael raised this building on the old existing foundations as per command of Allah the All-Mighty. And Prophet Abraham ordered his son to bring a beautiful stone to lay at the corner of building for beauty sake. God sent his angel Gabriel with a white stone from heavens before Ishmael returned empty handed after his search for a good stone. It is blackened after centuries of chemical actions. Muslims are heir of the legacy of glorious prophets in worshipping the first praying place for God's obedient slaves. Only Muslims are permitted access to the holy sites of the pilgrimage, which every healthy and financially able adult male and female Muslim must perform at least once in a lifetime.
Here we come, O Allah, here we come!
Here we come. No partner have You.
Here we come! Praise indeed, and
blessings, are Yours—the Kingdom too!
No partner have You!
This Talbiyah, recited by millions of Muslim pilgrims, marks the formal beginning of pilgrimage. All clad in two pieces of seamless white cotton terry cloth, bareheaded and wearing sandals, and ladies with only their face and hands exposed, similarly clad.

Answer 3

Uncle Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son and Muslims dont worship any stone.

After reading your questions and replies we can all see that Free thinkers like yourself and Extremists have more in common than you want to believe.

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Answer 4

It is their culture! It is the system of beliefs that their ancestors experienced since the beginning of time... and have passed on to their children. The beliefs are called "indigenous." It is a unique history and should be respected. They worship nature and the things that serve them in life, except for technology and materialism. Modern culture is changing that though...

Answer 5

Muslims do not worship a stone...only one god

Hang on a minute!

You are apparently inspired by the teachings of Buddha and Jesus...at least that is what you said before.

Answer 6

Always like how you add that, "lol." That tells all about you.

"Free thinkers" like you laugh a lot, I bet. Nervous laughter, like when you hear something and have no clue what it is you heard.

What drives people to be so self-centered ? You went to public school, didn't you? No doubt.

All religions have their rituals and beliefs, so what? why should that bother you?

Answer 7

They may worship at the location of the stone in remembrance but I am sure they are not worshiping the stone itself.

Answer 8

you're merely a closeminded holier than thou jerk that truly thinks you're justified in feeling stronger to non secular people merely on the grounds which you cant probably understand or settle for some thing you dont accept as true with. and you somewhat think of it somewhat is common? you like people to agree that it somewhat is okay which you're an elitist prick? every person that consents with you is merely as closeminded. recover from your self. you're looking down on non secular people, thinking they're the kind of folk you actual are. Ironic. edit You dont have a clue what i individually have self belief. you merely make stupid little assumptions and attempt to make statements which you think of makes you look all smart and stronger. You sound like an fool. people look at people such as you and pity them by way of fact of how blind you're to merely how idiotic you sound. regardless of you do or dont have self belief in that makes you this manner of pretentious obnoxious brat is somewhat no longer something every person that somewhat has any form of intensity would desire to maintain on with or accept as true with by way of fact then they may be such as you. in case you felt undesirable on your physique of techniques and have been actually attempting to discover the thank you to become a extra charitable, loving individual twds others, recognizing good now which you arent, then i'd have slightly comprehend-how approximately your physique of techniques, yet you like people to nod alongside and say it somewhat is okay which you look down on people like that for no different reason than you cant understand why faith is so significant to them. returned, that makes you closeminded.

Answer 9

naw mate Muslims dont worship a stone they worship Allah. get ur facts right and stop being brainwashed by the media!!!

Answer 10

In our lifetime, we will believe many things, then discard them as we find them false. Kind a like relationships. We all keep searching and trying them out, until we find what fits.

Doesn't mean we're stupid, just means, what we used to believe doesn't fit anymore, and we are merely trying out something new:)