I think you hit the nail on the head.
Censorship is used to suppress freedom and ideas.
It's an element of fascism. You can always recognize a fascist simply by noting how many freedoms and ideas they don't want others to have. I find Christianity extremely fascist because it demands that everyone march to the beat of its drummer whether you like it or not.
I was once asked by a Christian...
"All in all, it seems that if one were teaching a way to find life and life everlasting wouldn't this be of benefit to others and give them a something to look forward to? How could this be damaging?
I replied...
The issue is not whether the promise of everlasting life is damaging, but whether the strings attached to the promise are damaging (also known as the baggage). And there are plenty of strings. Here are just a few.
• One must believe scores of articles of blind-faith.
• One must not question the articles of faith, even if some appear absurd, repressive of human rights, unjust or unethical.
• One who questions the articles of faith or does not embrace them must be considered evil and therefore must be ostracized, vilified and disenfranchised.
• One must submit to obey hundreds of rules and may not question the justice or injustice of them.
• One must consider themselves evil if they disobey the rules. One must agree they deserve punishment.
• One must consider all others evil who do not obey the rules. They must be punished whether they agree with the rules or not.
• One must do everything in their power, using either persuasion or the force of law, to ensure all others embrace the same articles of faith and embrace the same rules.
• One must agree that all of the above is the right-way and the only-way. Therefore, society must be everlastingly enslaved to it and never allowed to escape.
Now, my mind informs me that these strings are very real, and significantly damage the quality of many lives. If true, a valid question is raised. Is this promise of eternal life really a blessing or is it possible, considering the strings, that it is actually a scourge in disguise, “a wolf in sheep’s clothing?”
Censorship is used to suppress freedom and ideas.
It's an element of fascism. You can always recognize a fascist simply by noting how many freedoms and ideas they don't want others to have. I find Christianity extremely fascist because it demands that everyone march to the beat of its drummer whether you like it or not.
I was once asked by a Christian...
"All in all, it seems that if one were teaching a way to find life and life everlasting wouldn't this be of benefit to others and give them a something to look forward to? How could this be damaging?
I replied...
The issue is not whether the promise of everlasting life is damaging, but whether the strings attached to the promise are damaging (also known as the baggage). And there are plenty of strings. Here are just a few.
• One must believe scores of articles of blind-faith.
• One must not question the articles of faith, even if some appear absurd, repressive of human rights, unjust or unethical.
• One who questions the articles of faith or does not embrace them must be considered evil and therefore must be ostracized, vilified and disenfranchised.
• One must submit to obey hundreds of rules and may not question the justice or injustice of them.
• One must consider themselves evil if they disobey the rules. One must agree they deserve punishment.
• One must consider all others evil who do not obey the rules. They must be punished whether they agree with the rules or not.
• One must do everything in their power, using either persuasion or the force of law, to ensure all others embrace the same articles of faith and embrace the same rules.
• One must agree that all of the above is the right-way and the only-way. Therefore, society must be everlastingly enslaved to it and never allowed to escape.
Now, my mind informs me that these strings are very real, and significantly damage the quality of many lives. If true, a valid question is raised. Is this promise of eternal life really a blessing or is it possible, considering the strings, that it is actually a scourge in disguise, “a wolf in sheep’s clothing?”
