I'm usually fine with religion, and while I don't follow any of the major religions I am spiritual myself.
But there's one thing that bugs me to no end, and if you know me well you'll understand why I am asking this:
Why do religious people tend to think they need to convince other people that what they think is the only thing that can be right? Is it a lack of confidance in their own belief, or some belief that they must have a moral high ground? Or a third option? I'm aware religious people are not the only ones guilty of it and may not even be the worst offenders, but it is most obvious when they do it and religion is what this thread is about.
As an extension of this, what gives religions the right to discriminate against and hate people and in doing so say things and commit actions that no other group would be able to get away with? Don't hand waive this with the Word of God, because the terrorists on 9/11 few those airplanes into those buildings in the name of their god, and that being done in the name of god doesn't make that ok. Dispicable actions are dispicable no matter what, and should not be acceptable or allowed no matter what the excuse is or whos word they say or think they're trying to fufill.
But there's one thing that bugs me to no end, and if you know me well you'll understand why I am asking this:
Why do religious people tend to think they need to convince other people that what they think is the only thing that can be right? Is it a lack of confidance in their own belief, or some belief that they must have a moral high ground? Or a third option? I'm aware religious people are not the only ones guilty of it and may not even be the worst offenders, but it is most obvious when they do it and religion is what this thread is about.
As an extension of this, what gives religions the right to discriminate against and hate people and in doing so say things and commit actions that no other group would be able to get away with? Don't hand waive this with the Word of God, because the terrorists on 9/11 few those airplanes into those buildings in the name of their god, and that being done in the name of god doesn't make that ok. Dispicable actions are dispicable no matter what, and should not be acceptable or allowed no matter what the excuse is or whos word they say or think they're trying to fufill.
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