Polytheistic religions that don’t try to take over the world are nice enough. (I mean, monotheistic religions that don’t try to take over the world are also fine, but I personally prefer “our gods are our gods. you have your own gods? cool!” to “there is ONLY our god. Your gods are FALSE.”.)
In my mind, I always envisioned a scene that explains why Christianity struggled to take off in India.
I imagine an old missionary, some old missionary in a robe, holding a Bible, talking to the locals in India and telling them about Jesus.
Missionary: “And that is why you should follow the teachings of Christ!”
Local, thumbing through Bible: “you know, you’re right. This Jesus guy does sound really great. Thanks for telling us about him!”
Missionary: “wonderful! So you’ll worship him as your Lord and savior?”
Local: “Sure! Alright boys, add this Jesus guy to the wall!”
Camera pans over, and some stone mason starts adding the name Jesus to a large wall listing hundreds of various gods, in a position of no particular centrality or importance.
King James Bible has a bit in “Acts” about this actually:
22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To The Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
(then theres a lot of "Paul made really good arguments for God and some people agreed with him)
Caveat-I have read most of the Bible in bits and pieces but it’s been a while, I think I got the context though.
yep. outdated dogma holding back the species all over. we can’t have nice things because people keep killing each other based on some asshole’s ‘interpretation of god’s will’ - nevermind each of those ‘gods’ said repeatedly not to murder people, assholes will always twist it to their own ends as long as people continue to believe.
Religion. And it all needs to go.
Amen to that.
Polytheistic religions that don’t try to take over the world are nice enough. (I mean, monotheistic religions that don’t try to take over the world are also fine, but I personally prefer “our gods are our gods. you have your own gods? cool!” to “there is ONLY our god. Your gods are FALSE.”.)
– Frost
In my mind, I always envisioned a scene that explains why Christianity struggled to take off in India.
I imagine an old missionary, some old missionary in a robe, holding a Bible, talking to the locals in India and telling them about Jesus.
Missionary: “And that is why you should follow the teachings of Christ!”
Local, thumbing through Bible: “you know, you’re right. This Jesus guy does sound really great. Thanks for telling us about him!”
Missionary: “wonderful! So you’ll worship him as your Lord and savior?”
Local: “Sure! Alright boys, add this Jesus guy to the wall!”
Camera pans over, and some stone mason starts adding the name Jesus to a large wall listing hundreds of various gods, in a position of no particular centrality or importance.
<Missionary curses and wanders off.>
There’s a Trevor Noah bit like this
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QhMO5SSmiaA
King James Bible has a bit in “Acts” about this actually: 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To The Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
(then theres a lot of "Paul made really good arguments for God and some people agreed with him)
Caveat-I have read most of the Bible in bits and pieces but it’s been a while, I think I got the context though.
yep. outdated dogma holding back the species all over. we can’t have nice things because people keep killing each other based on some asshole’s ‘interpretation of god’s will’ - nevermind each of those ‘gods’ said repeatedly not to murder people, assholes will always twist it to their own ends as long as people continue to believe.
I would specify it to religion as an institution. Religion alone isn’t so bad.
This. Organised religionwith heirarchy and enforcingone specific way to interpret the spiritual, is dangerouse.
But that goes for everything not just religion