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What I like about it: I recently went on a trip to a few countries in eastern Europe looking for volunteer opportunities with a friend of mine and we found 99.99% of the charities were Christian. Generally, Christian people seem to be motivated towards doing good.
What I dislike about it: Much of the Bible is so blatantly a fairy story. To say that, for example, the tower of Babel or the garden of Eden actually happened is absurd. Being that it is absurd, it makes me consider whether the entire Bible is also a fabrication. I also hate the evil deeds that God does and how he tends to favour evil characters in the Bible just because they are faithful, even if what they do is morally repugnant. Reading the Bible you would think that Christians are evil people if they get their morals from it. However, as I say,I often find them to be good people.
What I like about it: I recently went on a trip to a few countries in eastern Europe looking for volunteer opportunities with a friend of mine and we found 99.99% of the charities were Christian. Generally, Christian people seem to be motivated towards doing good.
Could this be owing less to the religion itself and possibly more to tax and other legal infrastructure that makes it easier to operate a religiously affiliated charity rather than a secular charity? It seems that if this were owing to the religion then this would hold true everywhere, regardless of other variables, but that is quite simply not the case.
Don't think so. I went to several different countries all with, I suppose, different charity laws. We just couldn't find hardly any secular charities at all. It is quite sad. We were only looking at small scale charities though. I realise that many very large charities are secular. I can't explain why it is that it was so difficult to find non-christian charities. It is quite sad really.
It would be an interesting study to actually break down quantity and size of different charities by nation, and to see what if any effect tax and corporate law have.
I don't particularly like any religion, though I do like some things that have come from religion. I do like the mythology of most religions I've read about from the perspective of enjoying a story with vivid imagery, and I appreciate the art that many religions have inspired. I also appreciate many forms of philosophical exploration that have been inspired/influenced by religion (in part or whole).
i love Islam and not because that's my religion... you see everyone is judging Isis and not the other types of Muslims out there. i mean i know Muslims that don't even kill house flies but they let them go outside! Muslim people need more credit because they do so many wonderful things. Most people think about the Muslim people that the world knows but what about the ones you never even met? i mean most people won't believe I'm under 14 years old and I'm making these points off the top of my head, but if you sit down and talk to a kind Muslim or do some research then there is a whole lot you can learn. there is a great person inside everyone you just need to find it. Everyone is beautiful if they choose!
The ones that refrain from posting internet video of be-headings, would all be my favorites. But that's just a personal preference, apparently not shared by some.
You realise Christianity has done very similar things in the past? The Spanish inquisition being one, the killing of protestants (or was it the catholics.. I can't remember) by Mary Tudor being another.
Elizabeth I killed more Catholics than Mary I killed Protestants yet no one seems to mention that. Protestants suffered for ~5 years in Mary's reign, where as Catholics suffered persecution from Elizabeth's reign until 1829 when they were emancipated.
There are many examples of violence in the name of Christianity. There have been and will continue to be those that take the message off Jesus and twist it to suit their ends. The difference being that the Quran teaches and promotes such violence against non-believers just for not accepting Islam, while the bible does not.
How is stoning people to death for believing other gods not promoting violence against non-believers?
Deuteronomy 13:13-19
Or putting them to the sword and raising their homes to the ground?
2 Chronicles 15:12-13
"They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul. 13 All who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman."
I completely disagree, I'm personally studying the Qur'an in its original Arabic language, and there is no verses that promotes violence just for the sake of violence, self defense is a different issue, here is some numbers for you;
The Word "War" in the American Standard Bible (1111) times, Qur'an (36) times.
The Word "Peace" in the American Standard Bible (400) times, Qur'an (67) times.
The Word "Fighting" in the American Standard Bible (106) times, Qur'an (52) times.
The Word "Destroy" in the American Standard Bible (435) times, Qur'an (41) times.
The Word "Kill" in the American Standard Bible (361) times, Qur'an (29) times.
The Word "Mercy" in the American Standard Bible (99) times, Qur'an (202) times.
It is a matter of reading the book, not watching the media.
Virtually every religion has had and still has extremists. I would suggest that your objections would be better directed against extremists regardless of what faith or ideology they use to justify their violence, rather than against a falsely homogenized caricature of a whole faith.
I strongly detest Islam and Christianity for being so aggressive and think they are far fetched. They are also male chauvinistic which I disagree with. Furthermore I'm Bi and both of those religions are explicitly homophobic.
I practice Buddhism (or at least try to) but am in it as a secular philosophy and spiritual way of life. The teachings about suffering, emptiness and dependent origination makes much sense to me. I also love the meditation it just makes me feel so great and tranquil and is a very effective way of managing stress and feelings of melancholy and depression.
All religion is historical fiction, nice books, Bible, Koran, Vedas, Bahvagita, Talmud, Tanakh, Buddhist texts, Book of the Dead etc etc. but essentially they are all saying the same thing and if you get the message then religion becomes a personal journey not adherence to individualised or sectarian dogma.
I dislike all religions because they are all false. Every religion has their own god and their own beliefs. There is no one true religion because religion is man made. Yahuah did not give us religion, therefore, I don't believe in religion.
There is no right religion. Where in the Bible does it say Yahuah gave us religion. Every religion has their own belief, has their own god, etc.... Christianity is not the right religion because Christianity was never meant to be a religion. Esau, the Biblical name for the so called "White man" turned Christianity into a religion.
That's not a belief, that's the truth. If you know anything about the Bible, if you are even a believer, you'd know that every religion has a different god and different beliefs.
The Hebrew God or Yahuah of the Bible, is not an all loving god; He is not a white man, therefore, the Christian god and the Most High of the Bible are not the same god. The Christian god and the god of Islam are definitely not the same god because the god of Islam is more violent than the christian god. The Christian god and the Higher Power spoken of in the Holy Bible are two different gods. So your statement is not truth.
All three believe that Abraham worshiped their God. This is truth clearly represented in all three. Sects, denominations and divisions appear between and within all three. This is truth as well. The factual history of all three spring from the same place. See --- Jerusalem.
Pointing to differences between the three is simply ignoring the common beginning that they share in their shared history. This is both fact and demonstrable truth.
These facts give rise to the notion that all three are the same fairy-tale
Careful there Daver, he believes that white people are essentially the devil, that Africans are the real tribe of Israel (that Israeli's are "fake jews") and that because white people are so racist, we will be their slaves in heaven.
You are trying to have a conversation with him based on widely accepted theology, he isn't.
Okay sir, you continue thinking that those three religions follow the Bible. Just because they have some similarities doesn't mean that they are all the same and they follow everything in our Bible. Islam took Scripture from our Holy Bible, twisted that Scripture and made their own religion and their own Bibles. Now, let me ask you this question, was Mohammed a Prophet, a real Prophet?
Oh do they? So can you tell me why Allah actually means 666? Can you tell me why Allah says to kill anyone who insults him? Can you tell me why Allah says to beat women that don't want to be a mans slave?
Well that shows you haven't done any research on the name Allah.
Exactly, the OC says that; what does the NC say? And can you show me the verse(s) that say to take women as sex slaves and to kill women who arent' virgins, then can you provide precepts for that/those verses?
So you are saying that the Jews and the Christians worship a different god, and it isn't the god of Abraham? Despite the fact that the religions we are talking about both agree that they do follow the same god?
They worship at a wall and they worship the wall. That is the reason why they put their heads on the wall and pray. They put their right hand on the wall and read scripture from the Bible; they worship the wall and the Bible tells us how to pray.
The Bible tells you how to pray, so even if we pray in our closets and we pray the way the Bible tells us to, we are praying correctly. We real Israelites do not pray down to satan like Muslims do; we do not pray to a wall; we do not pray to a statue, nor do we pray to a stone wall (kabba).
Catholics worship 3 gods; the Virgin Mary, la Virgen María. They believe that Mary is their savior because she gave birth to the Messiah. Why do you think they have statues of the Virgin Mary all over their churches, on photo frames. Then they have god and jesus (zeus).
Muhammed is a false prophet, he is a direct descendant from Abraham, but not of the chosen seed. Muhammed is of the seed of Ishmael and Yahushuah (Jesus) is of the seed of Isaac. Ishmael is the father of all the arab nations and Isaac is the father of the chosen seed by the Most High Yahuah, Yachob (Jacob) or Israel which is the greatest nation that will rule the earth in the new Kingdom.
How can you tell someon!e that mary is not a god to catholics? I used to be a catholic, my mother is a catholic so I'm pretty sure I know what mary is to catholics! Also, can you stop being a creep and stop following where I comment, I'd appreciate.
GenericName's view of Catholicism is in line with the common view as presented by the religion itself, personal experience of individual views notwithstanding.
Rather than providing an example of the Catholic establishment currently endorsing the idea that Mary is a Diety, simply down-voting is a better bet though a weaker argument.
jainism, because unlike many popular religions, it is impossible for terrorism and/or violence to be justified by jainism. All other religions I can think of at the top of my head(christianity, islam, judaism, buddhism, hinduism, sikhism ....) can and have
Violence can not be justified by Buddhism at all. One of the five precepts that you must abide by in order to be a Buddhist is to refrain from killing so anyone who kills cannot be a Buddhist.
I'm going to have to go with my own religion, Christianity. I find the faith rather soothing and life enhancing. I feel as if I have a deep relationship with God and I would like to keep it that way for as long as I may live.
I respect quite a few religions. I do not dislike any religion in particular.
I dislike every religion categorically, though to varying degrees and for various reasons. I see religion to be inherently delusional, evasive of critical thought, and too easily bent to the will of objectively harmful ideologies.
I don't necessarily hate any religion. I do like Buddhism and Shintoism though. I also have a strange fascination with theistic satanism. I also do like some things about Christianity.
Islam is definitely the unchallenged greatest religion on earth, to me a religion is not just a name for people to label themselves with, but it must have 3 very clear aspects to it
1) it must explain what we are and who is the creator? and what we are not?.
2) what is our duty and purpose and how to achieve it?
3) what will be the reward if we succeed or the punishment if we fail?
and Islam is very crystal clear on answering those questions.
