I wouldn't blame religion, I would blame
peoples abuse of religion and in this case their prejudices, something that Christianity condemns.
@CARLOS, If I were a Christian, I would be offended by
the abuse of my religion in the manor portrayed by this «cross».
I think it did help to remove some of
the abuses of religion, but it introduced a whole host of others.
The electoral uses and
abuses of religion are widespread, and more long - standing on the left than the right.
This can result in the exploitation and
abuse of religion, and even, as the National Council of Churches rightly says, in blasphemy.
They have also thereby provided a religious self - corrective for
the abuses of religion by religious institutions, which is one of the main roles of prophecy in the Bible.
Admittedly there have been
abuses of religion and abuses and atrocities committed in the name of religion, but this is more and indictment of the violent nature of humans than of religion.
I understand about
the abuse of religion, and in fact my dad uses the word «religion» in much the same way you do, because his questions and inquiries got him in so much trouble with the Baptist church as a kid.
The misuse and
abuse of religion to consolidate and maintain power is not new to history, but this new threat, in new guises and involving such huge numbers of people, is sufficiently ominous to merit major reexamination and modifications of what we mean by the terms «God» and «Christianity.»
abuse of religion is the problem....
As for religion being the so - called root of all evil, it is
the ABUSE of religion by people using it for their own ends that is evil.
«The scientific attitude among people has been lost, and consequently we see the dominance of superstitions and
the abuse of religion.»