RE: Passionate anger
July 2, 2016 at 1:10 pm
(This post was last modified: July 2, 2016 at 1:14 pm by purplepurpose.)
(July 2, 2016 at 12:55 pm)Nymphadora Wrote:(July 2, 2016 at 12:31 pm)purplepurpose Wrote: How anyone can dislike religion when for the most part they preach "altruism". Even if preaching very often gets a bit annoying, they still only offer innocent ideas like "We have a recapie for a "very good" life, accept it or ...(and then it gets annoying).
But still, how "good deed" preachers can anger someone enough that he starts spamming angry posts towards God and his followers daily for many months and even years?
Taken from the first page of a google search on the definition of altruism:
Quote:al·tru·ism
ˈaltro͞oˌizəm/
noun
noun: altruism
the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.
"some may choose to work with vulnerable elderly people out of altruism"
Actually no... religions are not about being selfless. Especially when one looks at the Abrahamic god and considers what he requires to feed his narcissistic supply. (See RobValue's pic of the ten commandments above)
Do religious organizations do good things? Sure... but they are also businesses that need to bring in money in order to pay their bills. That is neither disinterested nor selfless. Selfless would have to mean that EVERYTHING they do is strictly volunteer.
We have envy, anger, lust, pride, gluttony and greed in us in different stages of development, so demanding "holy" behavior from people is ludicrous.
I admire a bit religious people who strive towards crazy things like trying to completely ignoring instincts mentioned above. Thats why I cannot understand hate towards "innocent and idealistic" new testament religion.
