Sentences with phrase «organized religion trying»
Another huge organized religion trying to force their ways on an unsuspecting public.
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I'm an atheist, and one of the things I hated about religion is that the Christians are always trying to force their absurd beliefs off on other people now there is an organized group of atheists trying to do the same thing with a non-religion.
My father tried participating in organized religion and even though he contributed his time and many talents (construction) to his church, he was still ostracized when my parents divorced.
They are trying to scare him inti keeping his mouth shut about much more than this... The Vatican and the Pope are nothing more than organized crime hiding behind a false religion...
Whether that means not participating in an organized religion but still studying its teachings, proposing a new mathematical theory to explain the origin of the universe that can't easily be tested experimentally, taking the notion of a personal God and trying to have an actual personal, and not a corporate, herd - instinct, everyone - else - is - doing - it, relationship?
I have a theory that SBNRs are so because one or more or a combination of the following: (1) they can't justify their spiritual texts - and so they try to remove themselves from gory genocidal tales, misogyny and anecdotal professions of a man / god, (2) can't defend and are turned off by organized religious history (which encompasses the overwhelming majority of spiritual experiences)- which is simply rife with cruelty, criminal behavior and even modern day cruel - ignorant ostracization, (3) are unable to separate ethics from their respective religious moral code - they, like many theists on this board, wouldn't know how to think ethically because they think the genesis of morality resides in their respective spiritual guides / traditions and (4) are unable to separate from the communal (social) benefits of their respective religion (many atheists aren't either).
«full of BS organized religion is» the book of 1st Timothy Chapter one tells us about how Satan was trying to inflitrate the church through devil following people, and possible believers led astray by the devil.
There were some noble reasons to try and organize ancient peoples, but in our current stage in history, religion has become an outdated, hypocritical source of leadership motivated by power and greed like all big business.
a set of values, beliefs, and structure in a person's life in order to give them direction and a sense of right and wrong is fine, but organized religions are no more than large corporations, and like any large corporation are only focused on their bottom line... trying to control the public and extract as much money as they can from them by any means necessary... promoting fear, uncertainty, hate and a sense that they alone can offer salvation... for a price (although they are very cleaver about getting to this hidden and unspoken cost... after all these hundreds of years they have perfected their craft well!)
NO, NO, NO I am sorry I am not a racist but I see the Muslin religion as de evil that is spreading all over the World with one mission, to convert as many as possible into the brain wash religion (I don't like any organized religion) but the Muslin is a very dangerous one, you can argue with Christian, Catholic, Evangelicals and they will not tried to kill you (they might try to take your rights way but not kill).
How very like organized religion to try and snow everyone and manipulate the political narrative to protect their own interests.
Keeping the few good things about faith (helping others, feeling a connection to the Universe, trying to understand yourself and your place in the universe) while dumping all of the negatives (dogma, intolerance, that undeserved feeling of superiority) is beneficial to society in a way that organized religion never has been and never will be.
I'm a little newer than you in my journey away from organized religion and while I may get to where you are, I'm trying not to throw the entire idea of God out the window along with organized religion.
I've been trying to come up with a pithy response that encapsulates the spirituality of being Catholic (which I suppose exists in other organized religions).
Miller is trying to make the point that organized religion is morality for a civilized culture.
The truth is, most of us are not fence - sitters at all, but people who've tried organized religion already and found it to be insincere, stifling, and hypocritical.
Looking at organized religion objectively, they are myths from stone age societies that were trying to explain the world, and there is virtually no chance any one is truth.
Its a ploy that was used to try and get people to be good help others and show them love and compassion which was then perverted by organized religion to control people and teach hate.
Despite the shows» avowed lack of religious specificity, they bear a striking resemblance to the «organized» religions against which they try to set themselves.
Tried to work my way through a concept of casting the «church» (Western organized religion) in the role of the prodigal son awhile back.
it seems that shame is something you try to use as a weapon against those who have different belief systems than you do, which is one reason why a lot of people have left organized religion.
Having grown up catholic (catholic schools and all) and later getting disenfranchised from the church due to the hypocrisy and scandals, and then becoming a «devout» atheist after rejecting all the mythology and dangers of organized religions, I have to admit that the current pope at least is trying to be reasonable.
yet more hand waving trying to justify a role for organized religion.
I'm single but not tried dating sites as I believe in God but left organized religion sometime ago so I've almost given up meeting a believer that is like me.
The misogynistic screenplay by director Richard Bates Jr. audaciously tries gallows humor to lighten the mood while offering half - hearted critiques of intergenerational strife and organized religion, with mixed results.
These are the same people that organize home owners associations, or religions, they just have a sick need to try and control others rights to live their lives the way they want to.