I am sort of reclaiming the areas that were left to some outdated belief systems. The reason why I don’t debate such issues with deists and atheists is that “religion” seems to have done and seems to be doing everything it could to make every reasonable person take his/her distance from religion. And this works for non-Abrahamic religion too.
The problem is that, in the coming years dogmatic people may even get more frustrated and even more fanatical as a response to a more enlightened and more reasonable world. So we can’t really let them do whatever they want in this seemingly untouchable world of “religious freedom”. I say that there must be people (like me) to challenge them whenever they speak nonsense. And Atheists should be doing that too. I am not talking of attacking them. This will not be productive. But whenever you see someone doing something “In the name of God?” you can also challenge them by asking “When or where did God say that?” or “İs this what God said or is this what you said?”
I am not trying to get into a theological debate trying to prove the existence of God. There is no tangible evidence about the existence of God. In fact the very definition of “God” is something that I have witnessed to changing and evolving as started to progress on my spiritual path. All I can say on that is that mind based won’t lead us anywhere. There are theologians who can do that much better than me.
All I want to say is that I don’t like this no man’s land that some religions of the world (in fact most of them) seem to have turned into. It seems to me that when you call it “religion” this becomes some area of pure ignorance and dogmatism in which people are simply allowed to do whatever nonsense it is they are willing to do because this is “God’s Law”. So I think we have to be their destroyer and start calling what is pure stupidity as pure stupidity.
But you guys seem to be very convinced that faith or belief cannot be anything but pure stupidity. Really? I mean didn’t you ever meet people who believe in God and still managed to be completely rational, tolerant and loving persons who respect science and respect all of our established institutions? I think maybe you are being a little fanatical on that. Yes that are religious people who are complete M.s (from every religion). And I think it is time for us to kick them out of the house if you know what I mean. That’s all I am saying
The problem is that, in the coming years dogmatic people may even get more frustrated and even more fanatical as a response to a more enlightened and more reasonable world. So we can’t really let them do whatever they want in this seemingly untouchable world of “religious freedom”. I say that there must be people (like me) to challenge them whenever they speak nonsense. And Atheists should be doing that too. I am not talking of attacking them. This will not be productive. But whenever you see someone doing something “In the name of God?” you can also challenge them by asking “When or where did God say that?” or “İs this what God said or is this what you said?”
I am not trying to get into a theological debate trying to prove the existence of God. There is no tangible evidence about the existence of God. In fact the very definition of “God” is something that I have witnessed to changing and evolving as started to progress on my spiritual path. All I can say on that is that mind based won’t lead us anywhere. There are theologians who can do that much better than me.
All I want to say is that I don’t like this no man’s land that some religions of the world (in fact most of them) seem to have turned into. It seems to me that when you call it “religion” this becomes some area of pure ignorance and dogmatism in which people are simply allowed to do whatever nonsense it is they are willing to do because this is “God’s Law”. So I think we have to be their destroyer and start calling what is pure stupidity as pure stupidity.
But you guys seem to be very convinced that faith or belief cannot be anything but pure stupidity. Really? I mean didn’t you ever meet people who believe in God and still managed to be completely rational, tolerant and loving persons who respect science and respect all of our established institutions? I think maybe you are being a little fanatical on that. Yes that are religious people who are complete M.s (from every religion). And I think it is time for us to kick them out of the house if you know what I mean. That’s all I am saying
