Reply to Re: Cause and effect
If you don't have an account, just leave the password field blank.
MsDink said: "Things or beliefs do not cause hate. That's like saying guns kill people..."
This is utterly true. But I would push it further: Guns are designed to kill. Selfish people kill with guns designed for that purpose.
Religion is designed to reveal the truth of the past, perpetuate happiness in the present and (most of all) to secure the future or provide hope of some future reward; to give meaning to life.
True, many people don't need the motivation of religion anymore. What are they, instead, motivated by? Lust for power, sex, respect of others, revenge on those who have dealt "unjustly" with them, drugs and so on. Humans sink to the lowest denominator, given the opportunity. Yet humans also have the power to ascend to the greatest heights. I don't think it matters which deity/s you choose to follow, all of them have restrictions and means of atonement should one "fall from grace".
This grace is clearly lacking in the non-philosophical, non-intellectual or non-spiritual masses.
The media is tight-packed with vulture-like reporters and paparazzi ready to rip up anyone who should be a little different, whilst the masses watch screen-glued like voyeurists: Laughing at the struggles of fellow-fatties in "The Biggest Loser" or shrieking in disgust at people no less outrageous then themselves in "Big Brother". This is comparable to those "inhuman" Romans attending the arenas and Colosseum.
Oh, and Redguard, regarding deists, I was using that term to describe people who believe in a deity/ deities ie. gods. It's just that religious people are more attuned to human progress.
And corruption is not a religious condition, it is a human condition.
This is utterly true. But I would push it further: Guns are designed to kill. Selfish people kill with guns designed for that purpose.
Religion is designed to reveal the truth of the past, perpetuate happiness in the present and (most of all) to secure the future or provide hope of some future reward; to give meaning to life.
True, many people don't need the motivation of religion anymore. What are they, instead, motivated by? Lust for power, sex, respect of others, revenge on those who have dealt "unjustly" with them, drugs and so on. Humans sink to the lowest denominator, given the opportunity. Yet humans also have the power to ascend to the greatest heights. I don't think it matters which deity/s you choose to follow, all of them have restrictions and means of atonement should one "fall from grace".
This grace is clearly lacking in the non-philosophical, non-intellectual or non-spiritual masses.
The media is tight-packed with vulture-like reporters and paparazzi ready to rip up anyone who should be a little different, whilst the masses watch screen-glued like voyeurists: Laughing at the struggles of fellow-fatties in "The Biggest Loser" or shrieking in disgust at people no less outrageous then themselves in "Big Brother". This is comparable to those "inhuman" Romans attending the arenas and Colosseum.
Oh, and Redguard, regarding deists, I was using that term to describe people who believe in a deity/ deities ie. gods. It's just that religious people are more attuned to human progress.
And corruption is not a religious condition, it is a human condition.
