i never claimed
religions are all evil and i never claimed you think religions are all good.
I'm sure many are nice people, but
their religion is an evil thing.
As far as the case for
religion being the evil that athiest think it is, history is proof that religion has little to do with evil and more than anything else.
I am an active Catholic, and find the assertion that
religion itself is evil and should be done away with incredibly superficial and ignorant of the role in the lives of the faithful that religion holds.
What purpose did your quotations serve (and, more importantly, you last line) except to try to infer
that religion is evil, or causes evil?
I don't thik that all people that follow
a religion are evil or bad or wrong.
My point is simply this: it's not fair to conclude that
religion is evil based on human action.
You want me to admit
religion is evil so admit your atheism is evil and toxic also.
Organized
religion is evil at its purest form.
It's nut jobs like this that give christianity a bad name, which in my point of view is good, organized
religion is evil, and the faster we get rid of religion the better this world will be.
Make no mistake:
All religion is evil.
Despite the fact that I think
your religion is evil, I still realize that in this country you have the right to worship whatever gods you choose to worship... as long as you keep your religion out of my private life.
Slightly ironic that the majority here seem to be almost solely focused on the discussion as to whether
religion is evil and the world would be better off without it, while nukes are getting a free pass!
This is a prime example of why
religion is evil and the cause of a lot of hostility and war in this world.
Let's face it, most
religions are evil, biased and divisive.
Not exact matches
An understanding of good and
evil doesn't just come from
religion, it comes from
being human.
Politicians have used
religion to advance their claims to just wars but in truth, they
are not religious conflicts, just a facade created by atheists to avoid blame for the
evil they cause.
In doing so, Hitchens summed up the mantras of the new atheism: that «faith
is a fairy tale», that it
is possible to
be «good without God» and that
religion is not just false, but
evil.
Saying that
religion is the root of all
evil is as wrong as saying anything else
is.
So what I
'm gathering
is that each atheist has their own
religion where they determine what Good and
Evil is.
what you believe
is not «biblically based», it
's indoctrination about ideas that came from warping and exagerating ideas that existed in «pagan» (not actually the correct term but good for this purpose) mythologies, and the
evil imaginations of men like Dante and those who desired to see those they considered inferior in doctrine, belief,
religion or culture in torture.
What Hitchens wrote about the
evils of
religion was not so much a scholarly argument, but more a wave of righteous indignation that levelled everything in its path.
Re the christian and
religion bashing, when
are we going to realize that anyone can do about anything in the name of
religion, from extreme
evil to extreme charity.
There
are two great
evils in this world...
religion and politics.
It makes me very nervous that Islam today finds more and more acceptance in the Western World though it
is clear that it
is a
religion of war,
evil, destruction, death, sorrow, torture, pain, doom, darkness, backwardness, hatred, revenge, bossiness, etc..
And the irony
is that those with
religion think that atheists
are evil — even though atheists don't need the fear of hell or reward of heaven to
be good people.
I have
been called «un-American», «traitor», «monster», «
evil», «devil», «child - rapist», «devil - worshiper», and so many more lovely things by your
religion of love.
It
was already explained how politicians have used
religion to hide their
evil atheistic wars.
Every
religion can
be used for good or
evil even atheism.
This
is all about control with
religion and it has to stop.Gay people getting married doesn't have anything to do with straight people getting married.People
are so full of hatred and disrespect it isn't funny.I
'm glad this has come out now, because it really shows how
evil people really are.But these people who are so into GOD, the Bible, Church, and the only way of life they live 4 god, by god are the 1s who prmote going around the world starting WARS, killing innocent women, men, children and families because Jesus guides them in everything they do.That is a crock of B.S. if I ever heard it.They will continus to use GOD and continue their EVIL ways to get whatever they want and CONTROL who ever they
evil people really
are.But these people who
are so into GOD, the Bible, Church, and the only way of life they live 4 god, by god
are the 1s who prmote going around the world starting WARS, killing innocent women, men, children and families because Jesus guides them in everything they do.That
is a crock of B.S. if I ever heard it.They will continus to use GOD and continue their
EVIL ways to get whatever they want and CONTROL who ever they
EVIL ways to get whatever they want and CONTROL who ever they can.
Totally unfamiliar with what you
are trying to say as regards text, but witch hunting
was not a true Christian pursuit, again
evil non believers using
religion to justify their
evil intents.
Religion is a very bad mental disease, without
religion there would
be fewer starving people in the world, we would have settled Mars by now, and the abusive GOP and it
's greedy banker uber - rich masters would
be disempowered, as it
is their veil of
religion that disguises their
evil, immoral and unethical nature.
My second point
was that there
was the implication, or even the statement, that we could have an ideal society if we could just get rid of the
evil of
religion.
I don't know how many people here
are from Aurora — Co, but some comments
are not helping in any way the survivors and families.I respect all
religions in the world and I also respect the opinion of those who don't believe in God or anything.But, instead of blasphemy the name of God, send your positive thoughts and energy to those who survived this tragedy.Even though some of you show no signs of good Christians you should show at least signs of good neighbors.You still can
be an Atheist and have compassion for others!Don't let the
evil be inside you, Aurora — CO needs to heal in peace!!!
you will never convince any Christians that you
are right, and those of us that
are non-believers think your
religion is pure
evil.
I
'm sorry but atheists
are not the reason that
evil exists, they
are not fools, neither
is organized
religion.
What has Islam learn t??? It
is err to human, it require
evil intention to repeat it and that too sanctioned by
religion.
Sorry, it
is supposed to
be «To err
is human», to repeat it needs
evil inside us or sanction from
religion or both.
people aren't «drawn» to «god»... we have idiots trying to shove their stupid
evil religion down our throats...
if there
was no
evil, us as mankind would not need
religion, we have
religion, cause we try to say to god we
are not tempted by
evil, and the more that
evil tempt us, we prey, i have decided to try and understand to two main peoples whys good and bad, god and the devil, god loves mankind, but he loves the devil more, blood
is blood,
What troubles me
is how easy it can
be to go from opposing
evil and injustice to opposing people of a particular
religions and / or political viewpoint.
So as a member of the most oppressed minority group in the history of time,
religion is the cause of 95 % of the
evil in this world and I don't need it in my government.
heck, all CNN has to day
is post any article remotely related to
religion and it
's flooded with atheists trolls decrying the
evils of
religion and belittling anyone who chooses to have faith in something / someone.
I
am reminded of what Jesus said about the purest form of
religion being taking care of the most vulnerable of society with widows and orphans and to keep from
being polluted by
evil, in this case the love of money over meeting the needs of the poor.
Religion
is simple, good and
evil, that
is the premise of all
religions.
It seems very pro-Christian to say its growth
is due to the virtues of the
religion rather than the
evils of its opponents.
Horrible and
evil people
are, and often use
religion is an escuse or a cover.
If that what you say
is true (islamic scholars say this practice
is acceptable) and based on this one practice alone, I would condemn islam as a very barbaric and
evil religion, neccesary of immediate reform.
Sure, in the extreme
religion is used as limp rationale for crusades, jihads or other
evil acts.