Why is knowledge, freethinking, independent thoughts and rational thinking opposed by religious groups?

Question

Why would they want to hinder, prevent or take away everyones rights to have and use these traits?

This is based on observation of how most religious groups act and respond to teaching science in schools.

Answer 1

Even their own Bible teaches that knowledges is an evil.
That is because of fear. Fear that you will learn the truth. Fear that you will reject the churches teachings and draw others away also.
Fear that you will then educate others and then the church will lose money.
Keep being free-thinking, open-minded and rational. Continue to question and learn. Do your own research and study.
Free-thinkers are certainly the enemies of the church and religion. There would be no need for churches or religion, or god for that matter, if everyone obtained knowledge.
The Universe and its knowledge are my Church, Nature is my God(dess).

Answer 2

Thier idea is that if the prevent people from thinking for themselves then they won't have the idea to question the things they are being told and taught and most certainly won't ask questions that the person being asked doesn't have an answer to.

Fortunately, there are some religious groups that not only allow the srot of free thinking you see being hindered, they encourage it. After all, if there are no questions, the is no TRUE learning or understanding.

Answer 3

None of these what you mention in first line are opposed by Islam as long as your thinking and actions remain within the guidelines of God's given limits.

If freethinking means no God exists than you will be in big trouble later in next world. So religious groups try to guide you to save you from hell fire. You don't believe there is a hell fire. But it is reall so they keep warning what will happen to you because it is their duty assigned to them by God. But they have no right to punish you for not blieving on God. You are free to think what pleases you as long as it does not violate the rights of others.

Same thing about independent thoughts.....which could be any thing .....satanic too.

Rational thinking is normally good. I can comment only if thinking against the guidelines of God given in Divine Scripture Quran. I have to mention Quran, because all previous Divine Revelations have been changed. They are all mixed with men's interpretatins and their own views.

Islam doesn't allow to take away rights of any one that God has given us. If a rational thinker thinks he has right to kill any one and not be punished on electric chair. No he doesn't have right to kill and society has right to kill a killer.
This is just an example.

If you had explained what did you mean by your free thinking, independent thoughts and rational thinking, then I would have written where lies the problem. If every thing you do with the guidelines of God in His book, you are fine and allowed to enjoy your rights.

Answer 4

It seems to be opposed by mind controlling cults. You know, the ones that buy land and live on it without any outside influence. (Amish excluded) David Karresh, Jim Jones, Harri Krishnas, That Rashneesh group in Oregon. Charles Manson's family, etc. These cults dont want you to think on your own because if you did, it wouldn't take long to see that it is not a real religion but a group with a different agenda.

Answer 5

Those items listed endanger membership and tithes.
When questions like these are posted, believers forget about why Adam and Eve got kicked out of paradise. They ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge.

Answer 6

Yes and just because you say it makes it magically true.

Get a life, and just remember that the religious are just as supportive of freethinking and rationality as anyone else. But it seems that YOU don't want us to think freely... you want us to just categorize everyone like you have. I'm not buying it.

Answer 7

Excuse me? You are very uninformed about what some religious groups think.

And no body wants to take anyones "rights" away either, another misguided statement on your part.

Perhaps you should stop forming opinions based on bad information and start getting facts straight. It will make you look more intelligent in the long run.

Answer 8

The dogma of the trinity was formulated by parts of the scripture, A REASONING PROCESS and faith. Religious groups advocate philosophy as a reasoning process to even prove the existence of an omnipotent being.

Answer 9

Only fanatics and fundamentalists feel threatened by science and free thinking.
True religious people don't.

Answer 10

when is the last time you have attended a "religious groups"s meeting, gathering, etc.? i'd predict that you would find alot of freethinking, knowledgeable people and hey if they aren't than you can inform them of your way of thinking...