And while you're at it, take the other
violent religions with you.
Not exact matches
There is in fact an Abrahamic
religion that has a very
violent past, one ridden
with; war, slavery, colonialism and intrusive missionaries - it is not Islam.
In a speech earlier this year, Archbishop Francis Chullikatt, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and former apostolic nuncio to Iraq and Jordan, challenged Americans to protect religious freedom in their country: «While nobody would confuse the marginalization of
religion with the actual killing of Christians in other parts of the world, it is through this marginalizing that
violent persecution is born.»
Blake and every radical Christian seer have not only issued a
violent protest against the «Christian God,» but they have likewise condemned the mystery and repression of
religion as a fundamental obstacle to the realization of a union
with the life and Word of Jesus.
Sure, let's start banning
religion - we can start
with Christianity, the most hate filled, historically
violent religion of all time.
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.
Whether you look within America or around the world, the level of
violent crime,
violent acts, if anything, increases
with the level of
religion in a population.
But sometimes people use
religion as the excuse not to deal
with violence — praying for god to take care of the
violent people, rather than doing something about it themselves.
I realize it is very difficult to believe,
with the morals that most people grow up
with that any
religion can be so
violent and extreme, but, there are those who have warped the Muslim faith and that is a tragedy.
Mankind has been slowly supplanting
religion's «moral laws»
with secular law based on rationality instead of the fear and
violent nature of
religion.
end religioin... «Mankind has been slowly supplanting
religion's «moral laws»
with secular law based on rationality instead of the fear and
violent nature of
religion.»
To murder innocent folks who had absolutely NOTHING to do
with a movie which suggests your
religion might be
violent!!
The arguments you came up
with are the primary reasons why Islam is viewed as a
violent religion.
Since Islam does everything
with force, hence this couple is following rule of force... Islam is truly the most
violent and backwards and close - minded
religion in the world that never grew
with time and it's still good for the desert nomads.
The problem is that Islam is simply a
violent religion, bent on Jihad (= holy war
with infidels).
The truth is, most people need
religion:
With religion they may be quarrelsome, vitriolic,
violent, but without it they are animals.
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.
Hey, I don't like certain
religions and their
violent ignorant ways, its all archaic, BUT, don't mess
with my Baby Jesusss or Santa or my CHRIST - mass tree you wacko fellow atheist!
Deal
with what your
religion has bred, because it creates
violent, controlling, hateful people enmass.
Not much different than those muslims protesting the Danish cartoons
with slogans like «Kill all those that say that islam is a
violent religion».
So, too,
with religion: Men might be
violent, but without
religion they would be worse.
From my perspective then, according to your definition of «love», most if not all
religions are anti-love given their
violent history and ability to divide human beings based on things that should not divide people to begin
with.
Luther wrote to Jonas: «A letter of the Pope is circulating which the brethren have sent to Veit Dietrich from Venice... written in an absolutely arrogant and
violent tone... to the Emperor... the Pope
with much and great and openly Italian arrogance demands... why the Emperor dares to permit and promise colloquies about
religion since it is not the Emperor's place to teach but rather to listen.»
The show is a bit too
violent for it's time slot, and since Monday nights seem like a family night for different
religions, watching this show may not be a good choice for families
with children.
has been approved for viewing by the communist regime, I suspect even they recognized this movie for what it really is:
Violent escapism
with a light and fluffy topping of divine platitudes unlikely to leave anyone
with a craving for organized
religion.
What they find on their journey is not just pushback, but
violent torture, from those who view the
religion as a poison, and will struggle internally
with their own beliefs.
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.
Islam is a
violent, supremacist political ideology masquerading as a
religion, which is wholly incompatible
with Western democracy and freedoms.
Draconian penalties for apostasy, for example, should be related to a context in which such behaviour was linked
with violent rebellion against the early
religion.