Oh Lord, save me from your followers.
It really pisses me off when religious people judge. They do it all the time and it is, as a matter of fact, probably one of the things that turns me off major faith the most. If you’re so sure that your faith is the right one, then why do you so desperately need to lash out at those that stray? You should trust that God knows what he/she/it is doing and let that person stray if they want to.If your faith is the right one then eventually and inevitably everybody will convert, something as right as the right faith would have to have that effect. Even free will could not stop us from eventually seeing the light. So, in my eyes, if you need to harp on (or even worse, kill) people that stray then you’re just admitting your own uncertainties.
Stop projecting your own doubt outwards, I say, and instead reflect and consider what it is you truly believe in. A little bit of doubt has never hurt anybody. Heck, if you don’t doubt then you’re not human. The only creature that has no doubt is a perfect being. To say you have no doubt is to pretend your perfect. That’s just pure hubris.
Believe what ever you want to believe. Just stop pushing it into people’s face. An integral part of faith is humility in all of the books, so why do so many people so conveniently ignore it? Humility is not just limited to not boasting of your own abilities. It also includes not boasting about your religion and not boasting about what you believe in. It includes not boasting about God. I’m certain that God can do all the boasting he needs to do all by himself.
If people want to learn about what you believe, that’s a different matter. If people ask, then tell. Or better yet, ask back. Teach only what a person wants to learn. Give only what a person wants to receive. A gift that isn’t wanted is wasted and we’ve wasted more than enough. Just look at the world around us if you’re not convinced.
If so many people wouldn’t have pushed, I might have started pulling. Instead I’m disgusted. A religion is only ever as good as its followers, so if you’re so proud of what you believe in act like it and show some humility.
posted by Symbol @ 17.10.05
6 Comments:
this is a really good and eloquent posting of the issue that we face nowadays...
First of all, do you have faith in God ?
Too bad it does not work the way you wrote. It just repetition of history. Why just look into one side of the coin and not to understand the reality side out there ?
Your story is to naive in nowadays scenario.
-Followers
I guess someone pissed you off. So do not blame the whole society (religious people) for it.
And I don't think it's about judgement.. rather a 'look down' upon.
But then again, it might have hit a chord.
In the eyes of the 'strayed ones', religious people are always pissing and irritating them. Now, that's reality. Take things in a positive manner.
God bless.
And please, do not lose faith.
Thank you, thank you, thank you -- for taking it right off my mouth!
we give religion a bad name.
religion was just that until we added our own agenda into it.
Everybody is not the same. Generalising the whole concept is certainly not fair, as it s always the rotten apples that stand out in any group of religion. religions and culture are often get mixed up, by people who dont really have a good grasp of (any) religion. Whether we are a true believer or an atheist, thats up to the individual. Good pratitioners of (any) religion , do not use force tactics...
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