- A woman died in Ireland, as she was having a miscarriage and the doctors refused to give her an abortion. I'm glad to see people are treating their neighbours as they'd like to be treated.
And lastly but certainly not least... A Pakistani man was burnt alive while his wife was raped in front of the Police station, by Police, for not converting to Islam. Fun fact about this one: The couple's three children (ages ranging from 7-12) were forced watch as this took place. Yay! How neat, I'm so happy religion has turned these people in to such loving souls, definitely a positive influence I think!
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Unbelievable.
The first thing that really shocked me was that the first story took place in Ireland. Civilised, lovely, Guiness, Leprechaun Ireland. I knew of course that Ireland is a very Catholic country but I did not know how barbaric and medieval their laws could be. I couldn't actually believe it. I couldn't believe that people accepted it, what a total breach of human rights. If it was a life and death situation, which it clearly was, the doctors would have had to have made a choice about whether or not to obey the law, and clearly a lot of Irish people base their ideals on what they believe God wants, so that means that the doctors would have actually have made the choice that "Oh no, I definitely think God would have wanted her to die as opposed to having an abortion."
WWJD huh?
Now, I am aware that these are extreme, extreme circumstances, and most religious people I know of are decent people, however, this is evidence of the way religion can get inside people's heads and is becoming increasingly dangerous. The reason this is happening I believe is because slowly the original ideals of religion have faded in to meaning nothing while other, extremist aspects have come more and more to fruition. And I think this is because Religions is no longer relevant. Yes, collectively I think we have evolved past the point needing religion in our lives for an answer. It seems it is becoming more of a multi-choice question.
The sheer fact that a religious organisation can make an otherwise sane person, or entire nation of otherwise sane people, think in such a way that raping and killing people is doing God some kind of favour is absolutely disgusting and misguided. That is total Dark Ages shit, you'd think people's capacity for individual thought would have at least evolved somewhat since then, ( Oh, just so you know the Dark Ages were those 1000 years where zero technological advances were made purely thanks to Christianity. We'd probably all be able to explore space, cure AIDS, cancer and all the rest by now if that hadn't happened. 1000 years wasted...) but no clearly it hasn't. People still clearly feel the need to appease this God that we don't have any hard proof of existence as a direct result of religion to the point where yes, they are prepared to rape and murder for Him. But hey, even as you're being raped and burnt remember God does love you! Right?
Very controversial topic I must say! I think you are very set on your view on this topic in which your research on that part was well done and you did raise some very good and interesting points, even for me. However you should of also done some some research on the other side of things, against your argument. In saying that you made your point very convincing and thought provoking.
ReplyDeleteI see from your point of view where you are coming from in saying that many religions and churches preach peace and arms giving but do not seem to act on it. I understand that see the Pope on his golden chair and the hungry and homeless still hungry and homeless. That definitely makes me think and understand your point completely.
However I do not think that religion destroys! Many of the teachings in the church are those of true love and peace. But we as humans have our own way of interpreting things, and like many things in life I think both religious and none people misinterpret! We are all human and the fact that we have free will and the choice to make our own decisions solely relies on us. Just because of the bad decisions of one religious member (and yes there are many) does not mean this is the mind set of all the people in that religion. It is not the teachings but the way in people use those teachings to live their daily live which means something.
Like I said we are all human and make our own choices. Even though a person might be Christian or Muslim does not mean they are intently good people. The world still revolves itself around money and power and so some pastors, priests etc might abuse their power using their title as a cover up for what they are doing! However that is the choice of the individual. It is not the religion but the way in which that person uses it to live their life. Take a knife for example. You cannot blame the knife for killing a person! The knife was there in order to slice and butter bread but and individual misused the knife.
Therefore you cannot say that religion causes more harm than good, because I can say the same about video games, television, fast food, money, power etc. Think about it!
Interesting topic of discussion, and well done in backing up your argument with relevant facts. You absolutely raised some very vital and thought provoking points but I really think you should go into the deeper meaning of religion, especially Christianity and see that the real problem is the people and not the faith.
Thank you for making me think and bringing some things to my attention!
Check out my blog! I think we would have an interesting discussion or debate on it! haha : http://leighssocio-political.blogspot.co.nz