Are there any religions or cults that you just do not understand? With in reason.

[Kirameo]

padib said:

Dodece said:
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Do not confuse Atheism with Anti-Theism. While many Anti-Theists are Atheists. Not all Atheists are Anti-Theists. In the case of Atheism it is a state of indifference. In the Case of Anti-Theism it is a state of hostility. A Anti-Theist will typically view organized religion as evil, and blame said institution for the problems that ail humanity. To be terribly fair they have a really valid point. History is completely on their side. If you judge organized religion by the results.

Problem with this is that history has also been on the side of Christianity. I can name Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa and numerous others who served for justice in the name of Christianity. Ghandi was harmonious with Christianity, just not with Christians.

On the other spectrum, history shows us Nazist germany, Red Russia and other societies based on Atheist ideologies and teachings such as evolution, eugenics, low value of human life and such. In that way history also supports Christianity.

In some fewer cases history supports the other end (such as the crusades), but even those are not nearly as devastating as those I mentioned above which involved mass murders in staggering numbers.

The future looks grim, and it's mostly due to the increased ideology that human life is not worth more than we used to value it. Christianity teaches that human life is of high value, I can't say the same about most other ideologies.

Back on topic, religions I don't understand are mostly cults, Atheism when its proponents believe they are intellectually superior, and even some forms of Christianity, which mostly involves legalism, I have a difficult time with. Any form of brainwash, repression of inquisitiveness and curiosity, dogma, repression of legitimate and innocent expression, any of those I'm strongly opposed to.

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