Doesn't This Article Make The Likes Of Scientist Richard Dawkins Appear Profoundly Silly ?
Blaming Religion for the Evils of the World is Like Blaming Science for Pollution, Nuclear Fallout and Global Warming
By M. Wizard
opednews.com
Swami Vivekananda once said that if one looks closely at history, one will find that all of the horrors generally attributed to religion were really political in nature. Yet, it's interesting that we never hear politics being excoriated for the world's ills as we often do religion.
The primary message of all of the world's major religions (and most of the minor ones) is love, faith, charity and non-violence. Leo Tolstoy spent most of his later years preaching and attempting to live by Christ's teaching which he thought was central to his life and mission: "Resist not evil":
If certain (many in fact) individuals have twisted the teachings of the great religions for the sake of money and power, whose fault is that? To blame this on "Religion" is no different from blaming the evils and nightmares which are the by product of modern technology on "Science". The fact of the matter is: all of the great evil ever done in the world can be traced to individuals either ignoring or outright mocking values which are at the heart of religion, i.e. ethics and morality.
In addition, Noam Chomsky has pointed out that all of our great social movements from the abolition of slavery, to women's suffrage, to the Civil Rights Act have had their origin, and primary support, in the country's churches and synogogues.
While it's easy to look ar historical events superficially and blame the Inquisition or the Holocaust, for example- ad infinitum - on religion, this is generally done by people who either never felt the need to live a religious life, or simply felt that they lacked the character to do so.
But to blame the religion of Rama, Krishna, Plato, Jesus, Newton, J.S. Bach, Tolstoy, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr... is a downright sin.
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Permalink Reply by Ryan E. Hoffman on -
there are historical records just after his "death" in the Roman Empire of a cult of the followers of a Yeshua of Nazareth, so the possibility of existing is actually quite probable. But much like other legends, by the time it was written down it was so distorted that the original figure was not recognizable within the plagiarism of all the other pagan myths they ripped off from in order to gain followers.
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Permalink Reply by Doug Brunt on -
Luke 1
Introduction
Luke 1
1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. 3 With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
So there were many writings and eyewitnesses and other documents one of which is called the sayings of Jesus that aren't there now but theres references to them.
Before they were cannonised or formed into the gospels
I ask you do you think they could of remembered all that if they hadn't written some of it down at the time ? -
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Permalink Reply by Ryan E. Hoffman on
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This is exactly why I hate talking to Christians.
You have no proof, so you ask questions as though the questions are the proof.
I have no idea if they've written it down. I have no idea in what order, how the stories were disseminated. You don't know either. We do know that there was about 20 years of oral tradition before any of his stories show up in writing. But the point is, the "Do you really think" only works if you have evidence. You have none to support your point. So stop it.
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Permalink Reply by Doug Brunt on
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excuse me you said they did it by memory. which some of it was but most of it was done by can i say notes.
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Permalink Reply by Ryan E. Hoffman on
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Prove it. There is zero known evidence to support such a claim.
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Permalink Reply by Doug Brunt on
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that's been argued by many books with many different idea's about that. the church in asia minor formed books as well as the church is rome. But man I wouldn't have time to go into that with u
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Permalink Reply by Doug Brunt on
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Theres several references from Respected Romans. That they had heard of Christ and or his cult.
So take that with the gospels I think there is proof that he was at least there and people had heard of him.
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Permalink Reply by Richard W. Symonds on
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In your opinion, JLR & REH.
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Permalink Reply by Ryan E. Hoffman on
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No, it is fact that Jesus' story is identical to pagan myths that predated him by thousands of years. That is not opinion.
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Permalink Reply by Ryan E. Hoffman on
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Even identical twins aren't completely alike after a certain point. :p Compare all the plot points of Jesus' life to Horus and they look pretty much like twins.
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Permalink Reply by Bill on -
Wow there have been a lot of really great posts in this discussion! Personally I found the atheist's arguments more compelling, but good, lively discussions all around...
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Permalink Reply by Doug Brunt on
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Yes I agree. There has been alot of great posts and u guys have been cool considering I'm Christian on a atheist website and I have learn't alot.
Cheers
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