The vicious circle of religion.

But I already know:
Myself and my journey of self discovery.
My personal life and upbringing.
Advantages of religion.

So this is the only part [negative impacts of religion] I am uncertain on. Do think bcoz of this that I am baised against religion. I know the other sides, but due to reverance I never looked at bad things in religion, which is what I am doing now.

 

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May I suggest this this to everyone here:
http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=111479

 

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The book of what ever christianity claims to is written in the blood of saints, and apostles, and prophets, and the one Messiah Jesus Christ. Religion has no meaning to a faithful.

 

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You're just ranting.
There is nothing about ''religion'' in your opening post, much like your
other thread.


jan.

 

Where does it say

??


The scriptures speak of solar eclipses, and they speak of animal sacrifice.

But the ones you quoted don't say anywhere that the belief was that if they don't sacrifice animals, the sun won't rise.

Again, produce a scripture that actually states

 

This -

is not an attempt to understand.

 

Religion will eventually kill a bunch of people again then another "true religion" will arise and then were more in the end of the world.

 

Yes, it is. Despite the fact that I am harsh to religion, I am trying to understand,
how superstitions build up into systems.
how children incorporate them as fact.
how religion has safeguards agaisnt leaving them.
how difficult it is to let go and how lucrative it is to convert.

 

Its all about religion. Superstitions build up, become institutional. Thats how religions develop.

 

Idk if it actually states that, its an example of how religion demands sacrifice in exchange of a reward.

 

The evangelical movement is a massive, seething threat to sanity, science and rationality. I have rarely seen a more abysmally dim collection of rejects from a fallout zone. They epitomize the sensation of the absence of thought.

 

Are you now abetter person, filled more with kindness , helpful to other people , or just indifferent to man kind ?

 

Doesn't medical research still perform this animal sacrifice practice. It tries to appease the gods of disease and fear, by attempting to alter the course of nature in synthetic way. It is all how you look at it. Could medicine appease fear without animal sacrifices?

 

Medicine doesn't appease fear with animal sacrifices, chief.

 

Are you saying that you are sane and I am insane .

I am glad for evangelism and that it con-ways the fear of God . I would realy be concerned if all those people would be fearless of God

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWkq7PLmGtQ&feature=related

 

Not good enough.

Cite an exact reference that states

 

con-ways


What a word!
English isn't your first language, is it?

Do you know what a "con" is?

Have you any idea what you just said above?!

 

You are very young.

 

When I was a child I was towed to a movie shown by evangelicals in my neighborhood community center by my grandma, who really just wanted an excuse to get out of the house.
The movie they showed little kids (I was 9, others were smaller) was of a teenage girl left behind when everyone she knew was raptured away...
I was crying in fear by the end of the movie, none of the kids looked happy.
Putting aside the appropriateness of terrorizing small children with the potential disappearance of their entire family...

This ended up really souring me feeling any connection to Christianity later, when I became mature enough to think about such things, and it's so enmeshed in the culture around me that not being able to even muster a wishy-washy acceptance...well, it does not help matters.
If instead, I had been told "God is love," and gotten the affection I didn't get at home...THAT would have worked, or at least not left me feeling frightened, angry, and resentful. But they chose to try to "frighten the Hell out of me."
The intolerance and illogic of these people really grates on me.
They believe that demons can assault them or possess people and locations, and think this happens all the time...It's like choosing to be schizophrenic or something!!!

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I wanted to tell if such mass of people would not have fear of God it would be terrible . I am sure you understood what I meant before , so I used a wrong word .