Because 1) it's their family and community, and they belong to that community in a way that it's harder for individualist Americans to grasp, outside of our own communities that do the same. They're a part of it. And 2) they don't want to leave the religion, they just want to be faithful the best way they know how. Unfortunately, there's some really awful baggage that accompanies that particular social club.
What are they going to do, convert to another faith they don't believe in? Become atheists?
I mean, we'd be glad to see that happening, but I doubt you'd convert from Catholicism if the church was doing significantly more wrong than they do, especially if your family was likely to try to find and kill you if you did.
What are they going to do, convert to another faith they don't believe in? Become atheists?
I mean, we'd be glad to see that happening, but I doubt you'd convert from Catholicism if the church was doing significantly more wrong than they do, especially if your family was likely to try to find and kill you if you did.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
