Catholic Crusader asks "When did "Religion" become a bad word?"?

Question

The Merriam-Webster defines "religion" as:
- : the service and worship of God or the supernatural: commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance
- : a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices

When you have an institutionalized system of religious attitudes and beliefs that promote agendas of hate, violence and intolerance you then have a bad meaning for the word: religion.

Religion like guns don’t kill people. People kill people, some just use religion as the excuse and the gun as a tool.

Many of us have come to view religion as a bad word because it represent the excuse for so many of the things that are wrong with this world.

As John Lennon sang "Imagine no religion.."

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Answer 1

You read the bible lately? There's tons of verses in there of a terroristic god harming humans and instructing "his" followers to do the same. Admit that book is a TAD off and maybe the word "religion" won't have such a negative taint.

Answer 2

Most mainline religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam do not have religious attitudes and beliefs that promote agendas of hate, violence and intolerance. In fact the tenets of most religions have attitudes and beliefs that promote tenets of love, peace and tolerance.

Remember it was the pagan Nazis and the atheistic Soviets who killed more people with their agendas of hate, violence and intolerance in the twentieth century than these religions have been accused of killing in the previous two thousand years.

With love in Christ.

Answer 3

in basic terms such as you have choosen to be an atheist, different pick to "be stored" by ability of accepting the recognize Christ and changing their lives to replicate this selection. "Being stored" isn't a as quickly as and accomplished selection, that's a existence-form which you pick to settle for and stick to by using on each and daily. If somebody has "been stored", yet then maintains to sin without remorseful approximately or remorseful approximately, the two they did no longer understand the theory interior the start or they have desperate that existence-form isn't for them... or perhaps they're attempting, yet their conflict with devil is greater stable then that's for others. i can not say that i've got "been stored" at one particular 2d in my existence... relatively I even have chosen the Christian existence-form and concentration on that each and daily by ability of making judgements that replicate my selection. the only ingredient that has replaced in my existence is how i think approximately myself and others and how i pick to stay so as that i will unfold the solid information of Christ to people. It has grow to be a concern for me, relatively than being materialistic or judgemental. i think like a miles better guy or woman, simply by fact i recognize i'm making greater advantageous selections and assisting others alongside the way. i've got not got a "get out of Hell unfastened card." no one does... it incredibly is with the help of the fact like I suggested above "being stored" isn't a as quickly as and accomplished 2d, its a existence-form exchange that maintains daily. the toughest job as a Christian is which you would be able to no longer choose people. i don't recognize what direction people have choosen and the place on that direction they may be... and how confusing that direction is for them to stay with. All i will do is paintings on my objectives and inspire others to a minimum of study approximately my God and his astonishing hazard.

Answer 4

A gun has no purpose other than to kill things. If people had no guns it would be much harder for them to kill things.
Same with religion (except i guess change a few words for it to make sense)

Answer 5

When it refers just to Christianity alone but not all other religions of the world.

no possessions: The Buddha renounced his princely title and became the Enlightened one. He possessed no worldly possessions [possessions = money, fame, etc..., things that you can only get for a lifetime but may not get in another lifetime] when he passed away.

Answer 6

Imagine no John Lennon.

Answer 7

I don't believe anything I can't prove... Show me proof I'm tired of magic shows and Illusionists! I fear nothing even death!