What about religion/theism gives you most grief?

Question

I am personally not clear on why we need to know so many lineages written in the bible and why the writers of the books of the bible thought we (millenia later) needs to know of this. Like in the book of Numbers, it lists all the tribes and even in Matthews, it linked Christ to a lineage linking King David.

There's a lot of fuzz and details not too relevant to even remotely knowing God or core of Christianity.

Answer 1

Those that encourage child indoctrination. Any psychologist will tell you its highly psychological and a vicious cycle. Around 3/4 of the global population will continue the beliefs of their parents in some format. Believe as you want, but let your child become mature enough intellectually and emotionally to make such a personal decision that will effect the rest of their lives.

This leads me to another very twisted teaching that some religions have: believe in our God or you will go to hell. As religion is, and always has been based on little more than culture, this is a pretty screwed up thing to believe in. What especially peeves me is when they say that people 'choose' to go to hell. Yes ok, they choose to go to hell by being born into a different culture and indoctrinated into different beliefs.

Answer 2

The absolute willful ignorance of some of the followers (like the ones who will give this a thumbs down).

For example, there are people who adamantly claim that there's not a scintilla of evidence anywhere supporting evolution. You could take them on a guided tour of a science museum, show them dinosaur and homonid fossils, show them core samples, human and chimpanzee DNA under a microscope--and they'll still stubbornly insist that there's no evidence whatsover. (Not that the evidence is questionable, mind you, that there's NO evidence.) Even if you took them on a time machine back to the Jurassic era, they would still be in denial. They're just as irrational and wacked out as any schizophrenic who stubbornly clings to the illusion that he's Napoleon despite mountains of evidence to the contrary...

Answer 3

What bothers me most about religion is that almost all religious leaders down through history have preached messages of love, forgiveness, tolerance, patience, and peace, but the follwers of most religions didn't really seem to be paying attention. The leaders teach that all humans are the children of God, or the gods, and that we should love and respect other people. Unfortunately, the followers often use their religious differences as excuses for wars, persecution, and the dehumanization of others. I guess you could say that religious hypocracy gives me the most grief.

Answer 4

Lack of respect by non-believers is the only thing that causes me grief.

I disagree with you about the lineages being like useless trivia. Proving family lines existed, and following the tribes to the Messiah is one of our strengths. When family lines are traced, and people can see that Jesus DID exist, and who his family was, it opens the door. People who believe the Bible is a book of fiction can be proven wrong when they research the history.

What we, as believers, find "fuzz," can be used to lead others to Christ.

Answer 5

The bible, in some ways, is a history book. They kept track of genealogies like some still do today. It was a book written for posterity. It seems like it's not relevant but it must be if it is in the bible. I do find the lineages & tribes quite boring myself. Like I said, think of it as genealogy.

Answer 6

The problem I have is with the concept of faith. Apparently faith is belief in the absence of evidence, or even in the face of evidence to the contrary. We would not accept such a standard in any other area of our lives, so why should we accept it in religion? If I told you I was able to turn lead into gold, you wouldn't accept it without substantial evidence. Why should you accept that Jesus turned water into wine (good wine, too!) just because his mother asked him to, in order to save the wedding host from embarrassment?

Answer 7

The concept of hell has to be the worst idea ever invented by mankind. I don't know how they can think a "loving" god would create that kind of a place. (Since he supposedly made everything in the universe)

Answer 8

For the most part I wouldn't say it was religion that gave me grief, because I don't believe in religion, rather I'd say it's the members that give me the most grief.

Check this out, it's good-

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JOZQsuLDqBk

Answer 9

Everything about it. It is a means of controlling people. That is why persons who laugh at it are hated. Those persons are uncontrollable. They are free and unafraid.

Answer 10

I feel bad that religons have trouble accepting other religons, and being openminded. People think that their religon is the only one that is right, and everyone else's is wrong. We should respect other religons, even if they are not our own personal beliefs.