(February 3, 2016 at 6:19 am)Heat Wrote:(February 3, 2016 at 5:13 am)MTL Wrote: All I said was that they "wield" it. I didn't specify what they did with it.It's incredibly naive to think a person should be held responsible for not action, but simply thought that you disagree with, because they believe it to be true.
I've already given my reasons for holding Believers accountable for their decision to belong to a Religion,
in other posts, but I'll repeat myself here:
A religion could be completely NON-VIOLENT and I would still object to it,
and still hold its members responsible for perpetuating, tolerating, and promoting its dangers.
Why?
1. It is always unsubstantiated theories passed off as undisputed facts
(...and about GOD, at that!
This makes it not only unassailable from a logical perspective,
but also arguably makes it a "blasphemy" to CRITICIZE it...even if it deserves RIDICULE or CONDEMNATION.
It is why Charlie Hebdo got shot to shit;
it is why Apostasy is punishable by death in Islamic countries).
2. It is not merely a belief that they keep to themselves. They PROSELYTIZE; they ask others to adopt that belief,
whether they seek to recruit followers, or simply indoctrinate their own helpless children.
3. It is open to interpretation, translation, misunderstanding. Human nature will always corrupt and pervert it.
WAKEY-WAKEY!!!!
I don't think you read my reasons for objecting to religion.
Even if the religion has a completely non-violent history,
the reason I find it unconscionable
IS NOT BECAUSE THEY MERELY "DISAGREE WITH ME",
AND NOT BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY "BELIEVE DIFFERENTLY FROM ME"...
BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE HOLDING UP THEIR BELIEF STRUCTURE AS UNASSAILABLE TRUTH,
...WITH NO PROOF WHATSOEVER...AND ASKING OTHERS TO BELIEVE THE SAME.
Should I repeat it a third time???
Merely having a belief and keeping it to themselves wouldn't offend me,
(as long as their private beliefs didn't require violence of them).
But once you share your belief with others,
nay, even pass it off as unassailable TRUTH,
THEN I have a valid beef with you...especially since you can do NOTHING to prove that your belief is correct.
Believe in Unicorns and Santa Claus and Nessie and Bigfoot all you want.
But once you begin telling other people that they're sinners who will burn in hell unless they worship the Unicorn,
and take their money, and indoctrinate innocent children, and try to ban gay marriage,
using your Unicorn as justification
...all the while being unable to prove said Unicorn exists...
...then I have every right to object to it.
It has ceased to merely be a belief, and is now a dangerous loose cannon of a Religion.
See the difference???