POLL: What is the World's Most Evil Religion?

Quote from axeman:

I'm sure I could fabricate a better and more convincing
religion than any of these :D
traditional religious people scoff at those raelians, yet the raelian's ideas are more believable!! so pathetic religious people are... :(
 
Quote from bungrider:

I haven't read thru this thread beyond the 1st page, but one little historical aspect of christianity that, IMO, is frequently overlooked is what it did to halt the progress of science throughout history, esp in the middle ages.

The world would be a far better place right now if it had not been for the deliberate, focused efforts of the christian churches to fight what it considered heresy at the time.

Those "heretics" are now affectionately called "scientists."

Personally, I blame the church for the large amount of suffering and death that could have been avoided if scientists (Galileo being the most famous) had been allowed to pursue their interests freely, instead of being harassed by the imbeciles in the church.

just my take.


bung,

you make some valid points, however it is my contention that judeo-christian ethics and beliefs are the reason for the success of the west and the advancement of science. i don't have time currently to explain why, but will in the future.

best to you,

surfer:)
 
if christ existed, he was just some idiot. same goes for this mohammed character.

you all are basically worshipping some dead osama bin laden type human being.

in the words of LongShot:
Quote from LongShot:

my point is,,

JUST WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PAYING HOMAGE TO?? :eek:
 
Quote from alfonso:




Then by that logic, when a religion prescribes violations of those rights you hold so dear it becomes "evil", does it not?

I don't see how that follows. Actions infringe rights - historical words and teachings do not. The *practise* of religion would be evil if that practise infringed rights (e.g. stoning rape victims, human sacrifice, burning witches at the stake, conquest of heathen societies etc). However, most Muslims do not go round trying to kill infidels, quoting the Koran as justification. Since the majority of Muslims live peacably and get along fine with others, it would be misleading to characterise the religion (as practised by the majority of its followers) as evil.

Your view would have us describe current Christianity and Judaism as evil, because of exhortations in the Old Testament towards violence and oppression. This ignores the huge gulf between written religious theory from the past, and the actual deeds of the vast majority religious practitioners today.
 
Quote from DT-waw:

ok, I'm not sure whether it has something to do with psychology. with brainwashing - for sure.


Dt-waw, whilst that may be the case for a lot of religious folks, it certainly wasn't the case for me. Go check out my earliest posts on ET about what I had to say about religion, Christianity in particular.

Why is it so hard for some of you to grasp that a person (me, for example) might have very good reasons for taking a theistic view of life, that have nothing to do with pyschology (or at least nothing to do with it in the sense that you guys mean it)?

It's one thing to believe there's not good enough reasons for subsrcibing to theism, or that there's good reason to believe theism isn't true, but why do you have to make out as though every theist is a fucking moron?


Maybe if axeman and Gekko could just step forward and admit they have an equally high pyschological investment in their atheism as they accuse theists of having? As it has been shown time and again that it is not possible to even mention anything that has a religious context to it without these court jesters interrupting -- totally off topic -- with their worn out rubbish.
 
Quote from alfonso:

Maybe if axeman and Gekko could just step forward and admit they have an equally high pyschological investment in their atheism as they accuse theists of having?
i'll admit right now, yes i do--possibly even stronger. the difference is, my beliefs aren't obvious crap.:eek:
 
Quote from Gordon Gekko:

if christ existed, he was just some idiot. same goes for this mohammed character.

you all are basically worshipping some dead osama bin laden type human being.

in the words of LongShot:


i don't think jesus was that bad!!

be good.

ps
you're an ass for quoting yourself.
 
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