RE: It's a trap!
September 15, 2012 at 7:36 pm
(This post was last modified: September 15, 2012 at 7:42 pm by Mystic.)
I think religion is too broad to generalize, but since this is about Christianity, I will post what I dislike about it.
The first thing is this concept that it produces that God favors a certain people and takes their side over other people. This is through out the bible with God choosing the Jews over and above other nations. It wasn't like the Jews were the only oppressed people to ever exist. Why does he choose them, well because of being offspring of Abraham primarily.
Then he tells them to do all sorts of things we find to be repulsive today, but people ignore all that as if that is not the morality taught by God.
The other thing is this double standard people take, they want to say to follow God, but at the same time, they don't want to follow his laws that apply to society and to be implemented by government. I find Christianity to be odd, in that, they take God's laws in the OT to be primitive, and then think they can come up with better laws then God. I feel this produces insincerity, or double think, instead of out right condemning the OT, they have this double standard, which they feel they have become better humans then God would have made his favored people if they had obeyed in him all instances. And that these people were not ready for better laws and guidance. It's just absurd.
Another I dislike about religion is the extent it plays on identity and creates this us vs them mentality. This is true of Christianity as well, when people whom disbelief in Christianity are not to embraced as equals.
Furthermore is that Christianity depicts this awful place of torment, and it's only farfetch interpretations that God would create a fire just to kill people he resurrects. Rather it seems the fire is eternal and that disbelievers will never have eternal life but be spiritually dead and to be tormented in flames. This concept of God creates a false sense of greatness, and then people attribute greatness, to having a cold stern attitude towards disbelievers.
I think the idea that God loves all humans but is going torture so many of them, to be absurd, and an absurd concept of love.
And with that, I would say, that Christianity blinds people towards true love and true greatness.
Since much of their identity is in giving glory to God, the image of that God, is invested in their ego.They become a mini version of that God....
And then feel like emotionally blackmailing you to accepting Jesus just like God does.
Another thing is that I believe the religion praises gullibility. Many Christians will believe out of gullibility, and be rewarded for it.
With superiority complex, to idenity, to us vs them, to torturing disbelievers is right beliefs...I think there is much reason to hate it.
Another thing I dislike about the religion is that it says not to love the world and the things in the world, and I feel this absurd. I know interpretations that make this to be fleshly or materialistic things, but even then, even then after ignoring the meaning of the word world, it's placing unrealistic conditions and describing a false reality where such people don't love God.
The first thing is this concept that it produces that God favors a certain people and takes their side over other people. This is through out the bible with God choosing the Jews over and above other nations. It wasn't like the Jews were the only oppressed people to ever exist. Why does he choose them, well because of being offspring of Abraham primarily.
Then he tells them to do all sorts of things we find to be repulsive today, but people ignore all that as if that is not the morality taught by God.
The other thing is this double standard people take, they want to say to follow God, but at the same time, they don't want to follow his laws that apply to society and to be implemented by government. I find Christianity to be odd, in that, they take God's laws in the OT to be primitive, and then think they can come up with better laws then God. I feel this produces insincerity, or double think, instead of out right condemning the OT, they have this double standard, which they feel they have become better humans then God would have made his favored people if they had obeyed in him all instances. And that these people were not ready for better laws and guidance. It's just absurd.
Another I dislike about religion is the extent it plays on identity and creates this us vs them mentality. This is true of Christianity as well, when people whom disbelief in Christianity are not to embraced as equals.
Furthermore is that Christianity depicts this awful place of torment, and it's only farfetch interpretations that God would create a fire just to kill people he resurrects. Rather it seems the fire is eternal and that disbelievers will never have eternal life but be spiritually dead and to be tormented in flames. This concept of God creates a false sense of greatness, and then people attribute greatness, to having a cold stern attitude towards disbelievers.
I think the idea that God loves all humans but is going torture so many of them, to be absurd, and an absurd concept of love.
And with that, I would say, that Christianity blinds people towards true love and true greatness.
Since much of their identity is in giving glory to God, the image of that God, is invested in their ego.They become a mini version of that God....
And then feel like emotionally blackmailing you to accepting Jesus just like God does.
Another thing is that I believe the religion praises gullibility. Many Christians will believe out of gullibility, and be rewarded for it.
With superiority complex, to idenity, to us vs them, to torturing disbelievers is right beliefs...I think there is much reason to hate it.
Another thing I dislike about the religion is that it says not to love the world and the things in the world, and I feel this absurd. I know interpretations that make this to be fleshly or materialistic things, but even then, even then after ignoring the meaning of the word world, it's placing unrealistic conditions and describing a false reality where such people don't love God.
