RE: Is Christianity EVIL?
January 14, 2011 at 7:37 pm
(This post was last modified: January 14, 2011 at 7:40 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
IS CHRISTIANITY (OR ISLAM) EVIL?
In a word; NO
In my opinion none of the major world religions are any more evil than those who practice them.
Without exception,all religions were invented by men to meet human needs.They always reflect the times, the culture and individuals who invent them. The Abrahamic faiths especially are so contradictory that every believer is forced to cherry pick to settle on his or her own emphasis. This is a reflection of the person rather than anything written in his holy books.
If religious teachings were clear [ and revealed truth] there would not be literally hundreds of sects.If religions were good or evil in themselves,either the good person or the bad person would be rare. This is not the case.Every religion has its share of saints,mystics and total arseholes. My perception is most of the followers of the Abrahamic faiths (at least) are ordinary people,neither especially good nor especially bad.
In my opinion, the worst that can be said of any believer we've had here on this forum is that they are annoying, arrogant and willfully ignorant,but by no means bad people. I have never actually met a person I consider truly bad or truly good,although a couple have come close in each category. I find this reality confusing,considering the claims of many believers and critics.
I don't even consider the poor dumb bastards who blow themselves up to be evil,just gullible and perhaps rather stupid. BUT those who send them are evil cunts. Fred Phelps is also an evil cunt. Sarah Palin seems more a dumb cunt than an evil one. However,her record does seem to suggest she's pretty corrupt.
In a word; NO
In my opinion none of the major world religions are any more evil than those who practice them.
Without exception,all religions were invented by men to meet human needs.They always reflect the times, the culture and individuals who invent them. The Abrahamic faiths especially are so contradictory that every believer is forced to cherry pick to settle on his or her own emphasis. This is a reflection of the person rather than anything written in his holy books.
If religious teachings were clear [ and revealed truth] there would not be literally hundreds of sects.If religions were good or evil in themselves,either the good person or the bad person would be rare. This is not the case.Every religion has its share of saints,mystics and total arseholes. My perception is most of the followers of the Abrahamic faiths (at least) are ordinary people,neither especially good nor especially bad.
In my opinion, the worst that can be said of any believer we've had here on this forum is that they are annoying, arrogant and willfully ignorant,but by no means bad people. I have never actually met a person I consider truly bad or truly good,although a couple have come close in each category. I find this reality confusing,considering the claims of many believers and critics.
I don't even consider the poor dumb bastards who blow themselves up to be evil,just gullible and perhaps rather stupid. BUT those who send them are evil cunts. Fred Phelps is also an evil cunt. Sarah Palin seems more a dumb cunt than an evil one. However,her record does seem to suggest she's pretty corrupt.
