(August 9, 2012 at 3:58 pm)Ciel_Rouge Wrote: Hi Rwandrall, I was making more of an observation than generalization and it was about priests in Poland and not Hong Kong. Religion may seem attractive and noble when "in hiding" but when its place is secured it shows its true face as a paranoid path of repression, self-destruction and disrespect for women.
Charity etc. is often used as an argument to show that the church in Poland is "good". But we also have a secular initiative called WOSP here which collects millions every year and spends them on critical medical equipment for infants with heart defect etc. Secular charity simply helps people without poisoning their minds.
Could this guy in China be active with charity and the elderly without being a priest? Would he be able to help more people if he didn't waste his time on hiding from the government?
You are trying to show a balanced opinion here because your mind is well developed. But the ones you are trying to defend do not have open minds and balanced opinions as you could recently see in Indonesia with the angry mob beating up an atheist.
Of course he could be active with charity without being a priest. So what ? Child abuse can also happen without religion. So can witch hunts (like in the USA during the Cold War). So what ?
I can't believe this intolerance, of thinking that any religion, any church, any spirituality whatsoever is evil, and brainwashing. It's so narrow-minded to see the world that way.
You claim they do not have an open mind. Do you ? How is it open-minded to claim that anyone not sharing your world view is a brainwashed sheep ?
Yes, belief in God is irrational. So is the idea of True Love. So what ? Does this mean people saying "you're my one True Love" even though it's statistically impossible "do not have open minds and balanced opinions" ?
"its true face as a paranoid path of repression, self-destruction and disrespect for women." That is simply not true. I cannot believe how closed-off that remark is to the world around you. Nothing is all black or all white. Nothing is THAT simple. isn't it a bit too convenient that the people you disagree with just happen to be the worst possible thing ever in every respect ? Isn't it a bit too simple to just say "They're evil. That's it, we're done, they're assholes. All of them. Doesn't matter that i've never met them and don't know anything about them. I know better than them how good they are, and i know they've evil bastards." How is that open-minded ? How is that rational ?
I'm sorry to be this rude, i do not mean it as strongly as it seems by these messages, i wish they could carry tones...
