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Suicide Junkie said:
Wow, I can't believe you said that Atro. That's gotta be the most trollish thing posted on this board in the last two years.
*Don't do that again*
Starhawk, you gotta calm down a bit there... you're way overreacting.
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So by extention you are calling me a troll for posting my opinion of religion? The fact that you all instantly jumped on the beat Atrocities band wagon just proves my point. That being that people are way to willing to attack any one who does not agree or share their religious views.
I posted what I posted to prove a point.
I do not subscribe to religion, I know that it was created as an instrument of control and is still being used today as such. That millions of people throughout history have been killed in its name, that wars have been fought, justified, and instigated all because of religion.
Religion allows for explotation of the weak. It takes adavantage of peoples willingness to believe. It exploits ones faith and it gives to much control of the individuals right to freedom of choice to those who would use it for ill gains. Look at all the children that have been abused in the name of God by the very people who have sworn their lives to God. Do any of these comments sound familar; "Do this or God will strike you down. God told me that we must do this. It is Gods will that we do what we do. Kill them all and let God sort them out."
It is your right to believe in whatever you wish to believe in. But when you are willing to hurt others in the name of your faith or religion, then a line has been crossed. Your religion is no longer about faith, it is about control.
I have faith, that is all I need. I don't need to belong to any religion or have any group of people tell me that I must believe in their religion to be loved by God.
Having faith is all that matters.
EDIT: I am sorry that I upset many of you. But that was the point. I needed to demonstrate how willing people are to fight for their religious beliefs and or to justify why they must. I respect and have nothing but great admiration for you all.
The comments I posted are exactly what many in the news media have been stating for years now. They attack those of faith to marginalize the Religion. I may not agree with organized religion for many reasons, but I am a man of faith. Playing the devils advocate I posted the comments that seem most painful to hear. The media and many others are attacking religion by attacking those who belong to it. They are attempting to marginalize religion and to make faith anti-politically correct.
If you are willing to fight for what you believe in, as you did here, than there is still hope.