We can't separate ourselves sufficiently from the news of the world to avoid knowing about how religious fanatics of every description sometimes get carried away with their beliefs and begin killing people indiscriminately, or mass murder/suicides.
9/11's a prime example. The Mormon incidents here and there over the past 30 years or so. Jim Jones et al. The Heaven's Gate thing. Satan Worshipers in Houston a couple of decades ago.
Then there's the Charlie Whitman phenomenon. It sometimes doesn't appear to be religiously/spiritually motivated when a sniper starts picking off everyone in sight. But sometimes in the aftermath, it turns out everyone was a bit concerned about the guy before it happened.
Doesn't Nihilsim, carried to an extreme, resemble a solitary form of Jim Jonesism?
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2007-08-08 02:59:06 · 6 answers · asked by Jack P 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Brent Y: Take a look at that QA link, then say it again. Say it as many times as you like.
2007-08-08 03:07:26 · update #1
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2007-08-08 03:09:07 · update #2
We have just enough religion to hate eachother, not enough to love one another!.... Thats the problem here!
2007-08-08 03:03:53 · answer #1 · answered by TRV 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Hitlers and Jim Jones of this world have always been a threat. Satan eventually controls these evil minds and he fulfills his purpose which is to steal, kill and destroy. It does Satan good to take a religious person and control their mind. For this reason we are told the battlefield is in the mind and we need the full armor of God. Ephesians 6
2007-08-08 10:12:45 · answer #2 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Honestly, I don't believe in religion because I believe in worshiping in Spirit and Truth. If we do that, we would respect each other and treat others like we want to be treated. I'm not saying that we must love each other's ways but we must respect each other because we are all connected.
2007-08-08 12:54:11 · answer #3 · answered by Spirit Dancer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not really - though what nihilism has to do with not having religion, I don't know.
I have to wonder if anyone would do this if they were never exposed to the concept of an afterlife...
2007-08-08 10:04:06 · answer #4 · answered by Brent Y 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
too much religion= brainwashed zombies
too little religion= intellegence
2007-08-08 10:03:24 · answer #5 · answered by Winter Glory 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
isms and itys scare me
2007-08-08 10:05:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋