Call me crazy, call me bigoted, call me stubborn, call me whatever you will, but I have a problem with religion, just like Freddy D. Well, not all religion, just judeo-christian religion, which, unfortunately, is dominant everywhere 'cept for eastern Asia.
Here's my problem. It's not so much with the religions themselves, but the people who follow them. Though the Bible, Torah, and Qur'an (sp?) preaches humility, meekness, peace, poverty, and fighting back against the rich and opressive. Yet those who promote and teach and preach their lessons for a living don't even abide by their most basic tenets.
For example, televangelists. You know them, they're on channel 3, publicly broadcasting, performing "miracles" and peddling their books. You ever watch them for a bit? I did, and it's what got me thinking. See, they have these HUUUUUGE crowds. I'm talking football stadium sized conference halls filled to the brim with their flock. And they're charging admission. Not only that, but they peddle books, potions, salves, tapes, tomes, and knick-knacks. Ever wonder how much they make? Take a look. Sickening, considering they preach POVERTY.
And what about holy wars? Just saying, all three holy books are based on the same Torah/Old Testament/Whatever moslims call the un-edited-by-mohammed part. They all have this one bit, it's called the Ten Commandments. I quote: "You shall not murder... You shall not steal." But, the Pope in the past and Moslim fanatics currently preach murder and theft of the possesions of "nonbelivers/infidels." Like, WTF? Seriously.
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I realize the above post may be "charged" or dangerous or whatever, but this has bothered me so much that I dropped organized religion entirely, and felt it need to be said.
ReplyDeleteI am in no way advocating or bashing any religion, only those who practice it.