Comments on: Why religion is evil

By: AB

AB — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:35:24 +0000

What another stupid article? Who writes this stuff? As a Christian who spent several months in the Saudi Arabia (BTW, it’s all the same above about 115 degrees), I can say no question about no other religion allowed. I did not even think about bringing a bible. But that’s Saudi. Now, to say such is the inverse in the US is simply ludicrious. You don’t even show data to support your position. What is even more amazing are those folks who respond favorably to you. But they’re really you, aren’t they? You’re just making your views look more popular than they really are when you are just commenting under different alias. Please note that I just gave the same amount of proof/reason you did for several or your silly blogs (so therefore the above must be true!). You need help.

By: GotMooo

GotMooo — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:12:03 +0000

On your first post encouraging can be vague. It could mean encouraging for another reason based on a particular reason. On your second post I agree.

By: SteveK

SteveK — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:04:44 +0000

SteveK, surely if you are this rational you have to have problems with your fellow Christians?

Do I have problems with some Christians? Of course! We’re all sinners and we all screw up. I have big problems with a certain Christian named SteveK. He’s a real loser sometimes.

Do you feel it is alright to discriminate people simply because they have no religion?

No, unless having no religion weighs heavily into the decision you are making. As an example, a person without religion should not be allowed to become a Catholic priest – unless the church approves of it. That’s a form of discrimination that I support. Discrimination is not wrong 100% of the time.

By: SteveK

SteveK — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:45:25 +0000

What is the moral difference between encouraging murder and just permitting it? The question was about killing, not murder, so I'm going to answer your question wrt killing. Encouraging seeks to increase killing by not considering circumstance, which is not a virtue. Permitting seeks to reduce killing by considering the circumstance, which is a virtue. And can permitting murder encourage it when deemed applicable by a party to do so? Can it? Yes. Must it? No. The difference between the two is grace. A person may be justified (deemed applicable, as you said) in killing, but may choose to be gracious and not do it. Gracious or not gracious, the justification remains.

By: SteveK

SteveK — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:14:29 +0000

Steve, no offense, but I wasnâ€™t asking you

No offense taken. Sorry to have interrupted.

By: GotMooo

GotMooo — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:46:32 +0000

What is the moral difference between encouraging murder and just permitting it? And can permitting murder encourage it when deemed applicable by a party to do so?

By: Red O'Brien

Red O'Brien — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:57:45 +0000

Steve, no offense, but I wasn’t asking you, I was asking the man whose screen name is “askin.”

I like to seek a variety of opinions.

By: SteveK

SteveK — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:38:26 +0000

Does the bible advocate killing? If by advocate you mean ‘encourage’ then no. If you mean ‘permit’ then yes.

By: Red O'Brien

Red O'Brien — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:20:10 +0000

Askin, does the Bible advocate killing people?

By: askin

askin — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:56:41 +0000

Some years ago, when a correspondent of a well-known international TV asked the Head Imam of Jeddah, what the biggest problem of Islam was,
he got the answer:” The biggest problem is that the
people confuse religion with traditions.”
Nowhere in the Koran it is stated, that if a person changes his religion or if a non-Muslim enters Mecca, he should be punished by death.
This punishment, is, I believe is a consequence
of a tradition- not of the religion.
Koran says: “Talk to the Christians and the Jews and tell them, your God is also our God, as God is one, and propose to them to build altogether an Abraham’s Nation. If they accept, they’d be doing the best and the most beautiful.” Koran also says:”For those who hold all the prophets of God equal, we have a big present in the other world.”
It does not say “otherwise a death penalty should
be executed”.
On the other hand, Christians confuse Jesus with God although Jesus himself says in the Bible, “Do not pray to me, pray to the father!”
Mistakes are done, traditions replace sometimes the
religions. We should read the books of God more carefully.
Koran also says: “As a Muslim, your first duty is to protect the books we have sent before, as much as you have them on hand.”
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Muslims, Christians, Jews, Zerdusht, Mormons all believe in God. All the books of God preach the same ethical values. And they all say, “Those who believe in God are brethern”.
It is incomprehensible, they fight
with one another and within each religion also…
This is not the fault of God or God’s religions, it is the fault of the people who have not read the books of God properly.

Askin Ozcan
Author of: SMALL MIRACLES
ISBN 1598001000 (Outskirts Press)