Specific dogmas that are repugnant:
Sin, not original and not. To make people feel guilty for lust, hunger, and any joy they might find in life is obscene enough. But to add to that the idea that people are damned for actions they had no part in and had no choice in is a gross obscenity. That we are born damned for the actions of others, that our guilt is determined based not on out own merits and character, but on people we have never and will never meet. This doctrine is absolutely revolting, and horrifically unjust.
Vicarious redemption and the acceptance of human sacrifice. If i do something wrong, it is my responsibility to bear. Placing my guilt on someone else and punishing them for it only adds to the wrong, it does not absolve it. I have a few moral absolutes, and the top of these is the absolute prohibition against human sacrifices. I am not a cannibal, or a murderer. I will not be a part of this action. And yet Christianity demands the acceptance of such a barbarous act, and applauds it as the only way to virtue.
The subjugation and "submission" of women. Different churches view this different ways, but the doctrine that I am to submit to a man offends me. The doctrine that I am less, that I am PROPERTY of a man is backwards and disgusting.
The shaming and shunning of sexuality. Of all the doctrines this is the only one that has scarred me. To put guilt and shame on the act of sex seriously damages many young people. And the fact that it hits young women more than young men shows the misogynistic bent of this doctrine as well. That this doctrine also makes gay people feel ashamed, that it promotes hatred and bigotry, is one of the more damaging forces in the country today.
Sin, not original and not. To make people feel guilty for lust, hunger, and any joy they might find in life is obscene enough. But to add to that the idea that people are damned for actions they had no part in and had no choice in is a gross obscenity. That we are born damned for the actions of others, that our guilt is determined based not on out own merits and character, but on people we have never and will never meet. This doctrine is absolutely revolting, and horrifically unjust.
Vicarious redemption and the acceptance of human sacrifice. If i do something wrong, it is my responsibility to bear. Placing my guilt on someone else and punishing them for it only adds to the wrong, it does not absolve it. I have a few moral absolutes, and the top of these is the absolute prohibition against human sacrifices. I am not a cannibal, or a murderer. I will not be a part of this action. And yet Christianity demands the acceptance of such a barbarous act, and applauds it as the only way to virtue.
The subjugation and "submission" of women. Different churches view this different ways, but the doctrine that I am to submit to a man offends me. The doctrine that I am less, that I am PROPERTY of a man is backwards and disgusting.
The shaming and shunning of sexuality. Of all the doctrines this is the only one that has scarred me. To put guilt and shame on the act of sex seriously damages many young people. And the fact that it hits young women more than young men shows the misogynistic bent of this doctrine as well. That this doctrine also makes gay people feel ashamed, that it promotes hatred and bigotry, is one of the more damaging forces in the country today.
