Phil Ayesho
Superior Member
This is a tired argument. There is a long history of people doing terrible things, and of people seeking to justify or explain these things through a concept of religion or their faith. But just because people try to explain or justify actions in this way does not mean that faith or religion supports violence.
That evil/Satan exists cannot be doubted; that evil/Satan is not everywhere is also beyond doubt, and this realisation leads to an awareness of God as the antithesis of Satan. They are opposites, not equivalents.
Bullshit.
Positive and negative are a dualistic PAIR. They do not exist independently of each other. They are simply either end of a single yardstick.
If there is ONE creator God then HE dreamed up and made manifest ALL forms of evil.
He can not escape responsibility for his creation.
And, sorry... but men do evil in a lot of ways... there ARE evil men... but religion is the only thing that convinces GOOD men that doing evil things is morally defensible.
The bible is nothing but a story of how 10 simple rules were handed down...and then a thousand pages of justifications for violating those rules.
Religion IS evil incarnate. Its appeals to the LOWEST in human nature... fear of death, the selfish wish to live forever, the narcissism of thinking a creator God is concerned with YOUR feelings, and the dehumanization of anyone different from you...
If I were Satan... I would absolutely have invented religion, first thing.
...Co-opt the 'high ground' to wicked purpose...
Split people into mutually homicidal sects... make them feel perpetually sinful and in need of redemption...
Yeah... religion is the perfect franchise for the distribution of evil.