Fear and Loathing
2007-08-22, 10:51
Inspite of all their good intentions and all the good charity work they do, I believe that all fundamentalist religious institutions are in some ways a corruptive and exploitative oppression of spiritual, scientific and historical truth.
This is a very personal issue for all human beings and I think it’s not only politically and spiritually incorrect to push your beliefs on anyone else, but downright inhumane.
Beyond the fact that I don't believe their doctrines, what I feel is inherently evil about the concept of “faith-worship” is the way it is interpreted and practiced.
Practitioners don't tend to encourage their children to find their own spiritual truth, they just indoctrinate them from the day their born. A classic example of parental good intentions paving a road to hell on earth.
Of course there are just as many that “claim” to be from one side of the fence or the other that don't actually practice their faith. Their mostly just harmless swing with the wind hedge-betters.
It’s the bloody “devout” and “fundamentalists” that come knocking on your door to “share the word of their God,” or force it on their own kids, and can't differentiate it from their politics that you've got to watch-out for.
If our education system was remotely interested in providing students with an informed and objective observation of religious practices then how come all our system provides is the same old Christian belief system and no alternatives?
Western society has been dominated by a Christian belief system for over a thousand years. The concept of “The Ten Commandments” is to install a sense of order, justice and fairness within our personal and collective consciousness. As intellectual beings we all have the capacity to develop a sense of moral standards that are encouraged by parents firstly and then the education system without the consensus of some divine power.
To promote any spiritual belief system, but especially to young people before they can generate their own opinion is merely brainwashing them.
Doing so can indoctrinate them with ideas that are not necessarily true. Within our current education system children as young as five are presented with the concept of Christianity through storytelling, activities and games. As an added incentive they receive prizes for correct religious knowledge which encourages them to attend these sessions. This is otherwise known as religious education; it is not unbiased education.
My personal experience within primary school was to watch my friends and peers given candy and treated to magic shows by devout traveling Christian organizations. Our only defense from going to these mind numbingly pathetic displays of manipulation was to get a note signed by our parents expressing their displeasure for their children to be subjugated to these seminars. I believe it should be the other way around and we should be encouraged to find our own spiritual truth without our parents, school's or societies influence.
This is a very personal issue for all human beings and I think it’s not only politically and spiritually incorrect to push your beliefs on anyone else, but downright inhumane.
Beyond the fact that I don't believe their doctrines, what I feel is inherently evil about the concept of “faith-worship” is the way it is interpreted and practiced.
Practitioners don't tend to encourage their children to find their own spiritual truth, they just indoctrinate them from the day their born. A classic example of parental good intentions paving a road to hell on earth.
Of course there are just as many that “claim” to be from one side of the fence or the other that don't actually practice their faith. Their mostly just harmless swing with the wind hedge-betters.
It’s the bloody “devout” and “fundamentalists” that come knocking on your door to “share the word of their God,” or force it on their own kids, and can't differentiate it from their politics that you've got to watch-out for.
If our education system was remotely interested in providing students with an informed and objective observation of religious practices then how come all our system provides is the same old Christian belief system and no alternatives?
Western society has been dominated by a Christian belief system for over a thousand years. The concept of “The Ten Commandments” is to install a sense of order, justice and fairness within our personal and collective consciousness. As intellectual beings we all have the capacity to develop a sense of moral standards that are encouraged by parents firstly and then the education system without the consensus of some divine power.
To promote any spiritual belief system, but especially to young people before they can generate their own opinion is merely brainwashing them.
Doing so can indoctrinate them with ideas that are not necessarily true. Within our current education system children as young as five are presented with the concept of Christianity through storytelling, activities and games. As an added incentive they receive prizes for correct religious knowledge which encourages them to attend these sessions. This is otherwise known as religious education; it is not unbiased education.
My personal experience within primary school was to watch my friends and peers given candy and treated to magic shows by devout traveling Christian organizations. Our only defense from going to these mind numbingly pathetic displays of manipulation was to get a note signed by our parents expressing their displeasure for their children to be subjugated to these seminars. I believe it should be the other way around and we should be encouraged to find our own spiritual truth without our parents, school's or societies influence.