Do religions promote insanity?

[FutureAndAHope]

Hi,

I will give you my thoughts on insanity. Insanity is bad for the person who has it and bad for those around them. The Christian view is that it is the devil who comes to "kill, to steal, and to destroy". Satan hates God, probably with a passion. So anything he can do to cause harm in the name of religion he loves. False religious teachers, and false religions all are easy prey for the devil, they have no power over Satan, and they have false teachings, they are open to suggestion, open to insane suggestions, and open to causing harm to others. Insanity is just one part of the whole picture. Satan loves to destroy live, make people live in ways that are less than human. Any idea that empowers people to ignore God has the power to ultimately destroy them. False religions cause people to ignore the real God and follow after man made ideas, so they become prey for Satan.

[Tea Earl Grey Hot]

Hi,

I will give you my thoughts on insanity. Insanity is bad for the person who has it and bad for those around them. The Christian view is that it is the devil who comes to "kill, to steal, and to destroy". Satan hates God, probably with a passion. So anything he can do to cause harm in the name of religion he loves. False religious teachers, and false religions all are easy prey for the devil, they have no power over Satan, and they have false teachings, they are open to suggestion, open to insane suggestions, and open to causing harm to others. Insanity is just one part of the whole picture. Satan loves to destroy live, make people live in ways that are less than human. Any idea that empowers people to ignore God has the power to ultimately destroy them. False religions cause people to ignore the real God and follow after man made ideas, so they become prey for Satan.

tl;dr: yes.

[pocaracas]

Hi,

I will give you my thoughts on insanity. Insanity is bad for the person who has it and bad for those around them. The Christian view is that it is the devil who comes to "kill, to steal, and to destroy". Satan hates God, probably with a passion. So anything he can do to cause harm in the name of religion he loves. False religious teachers, and false religions all are easy prey for the devil, they have no power over Satan, and they have false teachings, they are open to suggestion, open to insane suggestions, and open to causing harm to others. Insanity is just one part of the whole picture. Satan loves to destroy live, make people live in ways that are less than human. Any idea that empowers people to ignore God has the power to ultimately destroy them. False religions cause people to ignore the real God and follow after man made ideas, so they become prey for Satan.

I was under the impression that this was the same god that had commanded people to commit genocide, conquer nations and the like... How do you reconcile those two?

[Norfolk And Chance]

Hi,

I will give you my thoughts on insanity. Insanity is bad for the person who has it and bad for those around them. The Christian view is that it is the devil who comes to "kill, to steal, and to destroy". Satan hates God, probably with a passion. So anything he can do to cause harm in the name of religion he loves. False religious teachers, and false religions all are easy prey for the devil, they have no power over Satan, and they have false teachings, they are open to suggestion, open to insane suggestions, and open to causing harm to others. Insanity is just one part of the whole picture. Satan loves to destroy live, make people live in ways that are less than human. Any idea that empowers people to ignore God has the power to ultimately destroy them. False religions cause people to ignore the real God and follow after man made ideas, so they become prey for Satan.

I will give you my thoughts on insanity. Your post that I've quoted gives strong evidence that you yourself are insane, and in answer to the original question...

YES.

[median]

Hi,

I will give you my thoughts on insanity. Insanity is bad for the person who has it and bad for those around them. The Christian view is that it is the devil who comes to "kill, to steal, and to destroy". Satan hates God, probably with a passion. So anything he can do to cause harm in the name of religion he loves. False religious teachers, and false religions all are easy prey for the devil, they have no power over Satan, and they have false teachings, they are open to suggestion, open to insane suggestions, and open to causing harm to others. Insanity is just one part of the whole picture. Satan loves to destroy live, make people live in ways that are less than human. Any idea that empowers people to ignore God has the power to ultimately destroy them. False religions cause people to ignore the real God and follow after man made ideas, so they become prey for Satan.

The problem with your assertion here is that you are presenting your version of Christianity as "the truth". You are trying to call all other versions of your religion (and all other faiths) "false religions". But those religions say that YOUR version is false.

The inherent problem in your 'story' (if we can call it that) is your deliberate ignorance of other views besides your own (because someone has conned you into accepting ONE interpretation, YOUR interpretation, of religion/the bible etc). Within Christianity, there are literally hundreds of sects - all whom interpret theology differently and many of whom claim you are just plain wrong, and on the wrong path.

So how do you decide who is correct? You cannot appeal to subjective personal experiences, because everybody else claims those too (and they say you are wrong). You cannot claim your interpretation, because everyone has that too. You are left with reason, logic, evidence, and good critical thinking (all of which you sacrificed, and abandoned, when you accepted "faith"). But faith is not a pathway to truth, because every religion claims that and they all disagree with one another.

[RichardP]

Google 'burnt over district'.

I suppose to Christians old bullshit trumps new bullshit. I guess I just thought it strange that Richard stated religion seemed reasonable until running into some mormons. Cause we all know how they're the real crazies!! But if meeting up with them did the trick for him, good on it.

I think that I was so used to Catholicism -- having been raised a Catholic -- that I never really questioned anything. None of it seemed that strange to me.

When I tried the Mormon religion it seemed crazy to me and I immediately started questioning the religion. Then I went back to Catholicism and found myself questioning that religion too -- as well as all religions.