Not exact matches
I don't see Christians as
more honest,
more faithful in marriage, less
violent,
more giving,
more polite, or
more anything than the millions of people who are indifferent to
religion and who only go to a church if there is a wedding or a funeral.
No, what they need is for someone to praise them for their choice, and tell them that in rejecting a manipulative, fear / guilt / shame - based,
violent religion, they have not abandoned God, but have actually followed Him into a place that look, sounds, and acts
more like Jesus.
I think the problem lies
more in the response to violence, and
violent people — with
religion, I think there's too much expectation that
religion will fix the bad people.
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.
What is it about this thing we «our
religion'that is often (not always) a breeding ground for incompatibility, to speak kindly, or
more honestly,
violent contempt for those who dare to differ in their understanding of the «faith»?
islam is not any
more violent than any other
religion.
And it is for that reason that when we ask our question about the value of
religion for human life, I think we ought to look for the answer among these
violenter examples rather than among those of a
more moderate hue.
It's no
more of a bad
violent religion that Christianity.
igaftr, the higher purpose is not
religion, but for the good of and survival of humanity, Thats what the God of panthrotheism expects from us, there should be paradigm shift in our teleology or purposefullness of our existence from individualism to holism.One direction in achieving this goal is with philosophy, Marxism did wonders to China and Russian economy, but not to Cuba and Korea,, because they stick to hard core philosophy, China and Russia restored capitalism, but the process of Marxism was
violent revolution, I believe that through
religion we can
more than achieved our goals of unifying the world and inculcate us the tenets of putting humanity to the pedestal of Gods Will.
Against these latter people, he confessed he had been
more violent than his
religion or his profession demanded — but then he did not set himself up as a saint, nor was he disputing about his life but about the teaching of Christ.
Had «Year One» — a Bible - times romp with Jack Black and Michael Cera — arrived on the heels of Ramis's «National Lampoon's Vacation» or «Groundhog Day,» he might have attempted something existential or a takedown of organized
religion's
more lurid,
violent aspects.
Parents should be aware that
violent depictions are
more frequent and intense than in its predecessor, although this edition is softer with its criticisms of
religion and animal abuse, and contains only female cleavage instead of male rear nudity.
«My concern is that far too much of Islam has come to resemble a
violent political philosophy
more than peace - loving
religion,» he said in an email.