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| Organized Religion is the Bane of Mankind | |
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| Topic Started: Jan 8 2008, 02:49 AM (1,563 Views) | |
| Simon | May 29 2009, 06:44 PM Post #46 |
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So where's the positive to people being united? Group behavior suppresses individuality and limits freedom of intellectual expression outside of what's considered canon. The only way people can truly be open-minded, rational, individual people is outside of unity. |
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| Soja | May 29 2009, 06:56 PM Post #47 |
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It's possible to be united with a larger identity and retain a personal uniqueness, you know. It depends on the will of the individual. The same that is said for religion as far as negatives go could be said for any amassing or organization of like-minded people. |
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| kirsche | May 30 2009, 02:55 PM Post #48 |
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Unity erases ocnflict, and like Soja said, some can remain individuals despite being part of a group. |
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| SuperKorean | Jun 9 2009, 12:08 PM Post #49 |
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Mm... If I may cut in, unorganized religion, while it sounds better than organized religion, can also be troublesome. I don't mean to offend people, and I probably shouldn't post this, but Mormonism is the result of an individual's deviation from the religion, and so was Islam, and Satanism can also be seen as deviation of Christianity. Those started off unorganized, and of course, there are a positive side to those religions, but FLDS ranch, Islamic -I'm sorry I'm picking on Muslims - hostility against many who aren't Muslim, and Satanism's.... Hmm... Rituals, if you will, are a definite negative. Of course, mainstream, organized religions have their problems, and I should probably say that Islam is now an organized religion, worshiped by much of the world's population. Crusades, Inquisition, the caste system, and much more came from organized religion. I digress. Unorganized religion can also be as violent or politically incorrect, as they often are, as organized religions, and lack of religion altogether could also pose some troublesome attitudes amongst the younger generations. If one is told that there isn't anyone watching over them when nobody's looking, and there is nothing after their death to judge them of their wrongdoings and such, younger generations will, most likely, grow an attitude of "as long as nobody sees me" and "Let me enjoy this life at its full without morals." Of course, I'm not saying all the younger people will, but there will most likely be at least one or two that thinks that way, and if more than one of two of these young men gets together, and says, "If there isn't anything after this life, why don't we start killing people and taking what we want? As long as we don't get caught isn't that fine?" Then we would have a problem at our hand I look at religion as not only a way of explaining the creation and afterlife, but also a set of moral to keep the younger, not necessarily less disciplined, but more impressionable people in check, if you will. I'm not saying that religion should be used for brainwashing, but just a mere guideline for younger generations, and organized religion seems to be better at keeping to the politically correct morals than unorganized, from what I see, no offense intended. I'm sorry if I offended anyone, and there are my two cents on this matter. |
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| Soja | Jun 9 2009, 10:54 PM Post #50 |
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It basically boils down to this: "the flaws of organized religion are not because of religion itself, but because of humanity." |
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