Immolation, martyrdom and absurdity.
June 23, 2015 at 12:50 pm
(This post was last modified: June 23, 2015 at 12:53 pm by Brian37.)
Ok, just now on facebook I got falsely accused of being a bigot because I pointed out that this pastor in the following story committed suicide for religious reasons. When you read about his life he spent it trying to end bigotry and promote pluralism. Ok, nice and fine, but when I pointed out it wasn't merely depression, which some wanted to use as a dodge to the cause which was religion, I got called a bigot. This is the same false slur when people criticize Islam. You cant even point to former believers of that religion whom agree with you. You cant even point out that you(meaning many, like me) were former believers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morni...4923792376
But these same people who ignorantly romanticize his needless death would rightfully say the following pastor's suicide if he goes through with that threat, is a religiously motivated suicide?
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/06/19/tex...aign=Texas
The link above talks about a pastor who has threatened to light himself on fire if gay marriage is accepted.
Sorry my well intended liberals, but the first pastor listed in the first story was religiously motivated to kill himself as much as the other would be if he followed through, and both are part of the same religion. And both thought the act was/or would be, for a "higher purpose" basing their morals and logic on the same holy book.
This is what I hate about my well intended liberal friends, in the empathetic attempt, all be it good intent, to protect the idea of pluralism, refuse to face the fact that religion is a horrible filter to view the nature of reality, be it about the universe, our planet or our species behavior.
Our species behavior is not unique to one religion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Self-immolation
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morni...4923792376
But these same people who ignorantly romanticize his needless death would rightfully say the following pastor's suicide if he goes through with that threat, is a religiously motivated suicide?
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/06/19/tex...aign=Texas
The link above talks about a pastor who has threatened to light himself on fire if gay marriage is accepted.
Sorry my well intended liberals, but the first pastor listed in the first story was religiously motivated to kill himself as much as the other would be if he followed through, and both are part of the same religion. And both thought the act was/or would be, for a "higher purpose" basing their morals and logic on the same holy book.
This is what I hate about my well intended liberal friends, in the empathetic attempt, all be it good intent, to protect the idea of pluralism, refuse to face the fact that religion is a horrible filter to view the nature of reality, be it about the universe, our planet or our species behavior.
Our species behavior is not unique to one religion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Self-immolation
