Re: Re: Christianity: Fear based and brainwashed?
Originally posted by WindDancerTrue, and good thing Christians will never do that, strap bombs on I mean.
This is just the case of extremists. I don't think this is restricted to just Christianity.....I'm sure you heard of Muslim Extremist ....you know? those guys that brainwash kids into become terrorists and strap bombs into their bodies....
How about a Buddha bomber?
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Re: Re: Christianity: Fear based and brainwashed?
Originally posted by Adam_PoE
There has never been an act of violence committed in the name of Buddhism.hug
It seems the only ones that are violent are the believers in a "One god" religion.....I wish they could deprogram........It's that hell thing, the hell thing....they're afraid of the devil........OH god... : 😕
Originally posted by debbiejo
It seems the only ones that are violent are the believers in a "One god" religion.....I wish they could deprogram........It's that hell thing, the hell thing....they're afraid of the devil........OH god... : 😕
The ones that are violent are the ones who believe they are right and everyone else is wrong.
okay I completely agree but for different reasons. I'm a satanic worshipper, no not like in the 80s where babies were sacreficed but i believe satan is a symbol of power and control and god is a symbol created to "control" the actions and the ways the world was built.
It's almost scientifically and logically impossible for there to be a god...the bible was written 500 years after jesus was supost to have been born, the story of god and jesus could have been altered to much by then that the image given today is totally fake.
On the topic of parents not letting their own kids watch movies and such, it's common even among non christians...my aunt for example has two kids, 6 and 10 either has ever seen a disney movie because she believes they are too violent and she is a non chirstian, the whole not letting your children life is more a personal thing then a religious one.
Re: Re: Re: Christianity: Fear based and brainwashed?
Originally posted by debbiejo
It seems the only ones that are violent are the believers in a "One god" religion.....I wish they could deprogram........It's that hell thing, the hell thing....they're afraid of the devil........OH god... : 😕
To attribute violence of almost any sort solely to religious causes is near impossible, and certainly oversimplifies the matter as much as, if not more than, trying to fit it into the Marxist dialectic, for example. Cookie-cutter history doesn't work so well. It has been said that even Osama bin Laden's writings are more like politics laced with religious references than anything else, and Ayatollah Khomeini's rise to power was likewise.
Implying there's anything intrinsically violent about Christianity, I would note, is ridiculous. There are a number of sects that adhere to strict pacifism.
Well that is also true. After some thinking I remembered yes, it was also the believers in polytheism or many gods also, I believe that the less violent group would be the believers in reincarnation. For the purpose of Karma in their next life, When I was talking in the post above I was basing it on more Muslims and Christians and more around the first Century AD and forward..
Re: Christianity: Fear based and brainwashed?
Originally posted by Darth Zannah
I have friends who have been christian since birth. The way I see it they have been brainwashed by their parents telling them what is good and what is a sin.
Originally posted by GhostDanceHELL
What exactly am I being saved from if I become a Christian?
Eternal damnation if you like....But then you have to be in the right denomination also.........Protestants don't believe Catholics will be saved and vs.
It's a small minded god that would condemn anybody for such human frailties.
If one goes by what the bible says about god, there is no reason to have hell be an actual place. I used to be a christian, but hold some of their ideas and take ideas from other world religions. My idea of God is that he is not a person or deity, but an idea.
Any ways, hell cannot exist by bible standards beceause God forgives everyone of their sins. Even if you don't ask him, there are stories where Jesus has forgiven people without even being asked. I am not a bible scholar and it has been a while since I read it, but I know there are stories like that. So if God forgives everyone, it is impossible for anyone to meet the criteria set down by the bible for some to go to hell.
A big fear based religious movement has been the introduction of Hell houses around Halloween time. These horror houses show the devil and make people weep and "learn" about hell and how to become saved by God. Many people seem to learn lessons after these disturbing experiences.
If you are more interested, there is a good summary on religioustolerance .com
So why are Christians scaring people into submission? If their ideas are so powerful and strong, why are they afraid of anyone who has a different idea? Why is the Da Vinci Code persecuted and abolished by christians? If there's a lightning rod on a church, is that a lack of faith?
A big thing I have against organised religon that has a mortal in power that dictates what is right and wrong is that it kills individuality and free thinking. If the pope told the catholics to jump off a cliff, would he tell the ones who didn't they were going to hell? Maybe. Once people start listening to people and not working to understand things for themselves, they are giving up their ability to truely become who they are.
One thing I have also noticed is that christians snap. If they become frustrated and are alone in a discussion, they will snap. It is hard for them to remember that they are supposed to be christ-like. I have been beat up because I told someone my idea of Existence-ism and the Art of Being