deptstoremook
2004-04-06, 05:54
I'm going to avoid a lengthy first post, because it would get convoluted.
Religions have sets of morals. Most major religions also believe in some sort of eventual comeuppance, or divine retribution.
Then why, for the sake of god, do people of the religious and spiritual bent seem bent on pushing their ecclesiastically inclined set of morals on the entire world?
I mean, let's take a popular example: abortion. Judeo-Christian religions believe that abortion is murder and is therefore a sin. Sinners are punished with damnation. Therefore, why can't these religions' practitioners just wait for god to judge the sinners?
Basically, why do people of a religious inclination try to 'judge' others, when God is the only one who is supposed to judge?
Obviously this comes into politics quite significantly (just look at President Bush, who is a born-again Christian [quite fundamentalist]), and can be quite an uncomfortable state of affairs for people who aren't spiritual.
Religions have sets of morals. Most major religions also believe in some sort of eventual comeuppance, or divine retribution.
Then why, for the sake of god, do people of the religious and spiritual bent seem bent on pushing their ecclesiastically inclined set of morals on the entire world?
I mean, let's take a popular example: abortion. Judeo-Christian religions believe that abortion is murder and is therefore a sin. Sinners are punished with damnation. Therefore, why can't these religions' practitioners just wait for god to judge the sinners?
Basically, why do people of a religious inclination try to 'judge' others, when God is the only one who is supposed to judge?
Obviously this comes into politics quite significantly (just look at President Bush, who is a born-again Christian [quite fundamentalist]), and can be quite an uncomfortable state of affairs for people who aren't spiritual.