The Issue of Idolatry in Abrahamic Religions

[Leonardo17]

A  much more succinct distillation of my thoughts.  The contention of all of your posts on this subject, Leo, is to propose that if people believed in theism...rightly, then good things would happen.  That, once upon a time, theism was believed in rightly and better things were happening.  I challenge this assertion fundamentally and I think that as a sort of wandering thinker this sis something you might want to consider.  That theism cannot be believed in rightly in this way.  The very act of imagining gods to be personal and intervening is to create these poor outcomes.  There's no rightly or wrongly about it.  None of this is a bug.  It's not malfunctioning.

  I never said that. To some people it’s a walk in the mountains, to some people it’s voluntary work with the homeless, to some people it’s the struggle for a political party, to others it’s art, philosophy, Theatre and other stuff like that. Everyone has his/her own way of “getting your mind right”. You know, For Bob Marley (who was some sort of saint) it was Mary Jane, so whatever is your poison, just take it (as long as it doesn’t harm you).
 

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A spiritual person, is simply a person who sees value in the core message of this or that religious doctrine and tries to use that as his/her “poison” if you like.
 
That’s all there is to it.
 
My issue is not atheism (which I see as a totally legitimate stance toward religion). My issue is pure distortion and hypocrisy. There approaches have harmed us in the past and are harming us today. I am not saying that even half of Muslims are seeing things the way I do. Because it’s not true. I am only saying that humanity is not a finished work. We are evolving. We are changing. And we have to if we want to solve the issue in Israel for instance. A new approach is definitely needed. And that includes religion.
 
So in my doctrine (and in other religious doctrines) there is a growing number of people who are more rational and more grounded than previous generations. And the reason why I’m getting more vocal on this is that there isn’t another way anymore. Look at the case of Armita Geravand for instance. We didn’t have that sort of things in past. In medieval Arabia there was a police force inspecting people in the market etc. There was no one to tell you to wear a headscarf. This is an invention of political islamists.
 
And Again, I see political islamists as a Neo-Nazi type of ideology who misuse religion to keep doing what they are doing.
 
+ Political Islaminst want Palestinians to be treated as badly as possible because the more desperate the Palestinian people are. The more suicide bombers they will have from all around the world. To me this is Benitto Mussolini reloaded. These guys are not a part of my faith. And I am here to explain you why this is 100% impossible. Not in this world. Not in this dimension.
 

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