Hi, everyone. Today I'm going to discuss something that is related to religion. So, before you post on this thread, I ask you 2 things.
1- Read everything. If I'm wasting my time writing it it's because I want it to be fully read. You can read one of the topics(A, B OR C) and comment about the one you read, if you don't have time.
2- Don't start those wars. They're pointless and will make everybody look bad.
If you're not willing to follow what I asked, then leave the thread, since your post will become pointless.
Let's begin. The topics I'll be discussing is: disrespect towards religious people and double standards.
A-I've seen, mostly on the internet, that some people state that "all religious people are stupid, because they believe in something that doesn't exist". This is a mistake, and I'll explain why.
There are many religious people all over the world, and even when they belong to the same religion, they're very different among themselves, what they do, how they believe in something. One should never judge a person because of a single belief.
Now, their belief. Usually, religious people believe that a god(a superior ultimate being with the power to control everything) or gods created the universe and life. Now, it is true that there is barely any evidence that would support the existence of God or gods. However, the origin of the universe is unsure:
We currently have theories that would explain that origin(the most fambous being the big bang theory), but these theories don't have many evidenes either. As far as I checked, there isn't enough evidence to consider any of these theories a fact,a truth. My point is that the origin of the universe is still unsure, and people are allowed to have their beliefs, because we don't know for sure what's the real truth.
Basically, people are not stupid by having a belief about something that is unsure.
Another thing: What will show if you're smart or not is the way you believe in something: smart people won't let a belief blind him towards discoveries, towards scientific facts. A smart person won't let a belief harm his learning, his school education, the knowledge he will discover.
If a person has a belief, but he/she is still able to learn and understand the subjects in school, to succed in his academic life, and to understand and accept different opinions and costumes, this person is not dumb.
This is what will show if a person is smart or not, not a belief.
Those who let some belief blind themselves toawrds reality and many other things, those are fanatics. But many religious people are not religious fanatics.
People who say that all religious people are stupid have a prejudice, and they are allowing this prejudice to blind them. Basically, they're becoming fanatics themselves. Judging a person's intelligence by one belief is a mistake, and it's a not smart action either.
Basically, being religious doesn't mean being dumb, being an atheist doesn't mean being smart.
Of course, there is the opposite side of the coin: i've seen fanatics claiming that atheists are bad people, because they don't follow God, but that's not true either. It's their actions within society that will show if their bad people or not, not some belief(or lack of belief). i'm not focusing on this, though, because the first situation I've seen more often. But this is worth to be mentioned
B- I've seen people saying that: "religious people don't deserve to be respected, because they killed many others".
This is also a mistake.
As I explained above,fanaticism is different from religion. Those who did it on the past are fanatics, and obviously, they were wrong to do that. However, as I explained, you can't blaim an entire group because of what fanatics did, considering that are many in this group that are not fanatics.
It's even worse when it happened huntreds of years ago. The times changed. There is no more inquisition, even the fanatics don't do that anymore. Some habits of a religion changed, and so did the religious people Religious people are not asgardians nor ash(pokemon). They don't live for huntreds of years. So saying that "oh, you religious people killed many others..." is a mistake, because those who live these days are not those who killed many years ago, and as I explained, it's bnot because they have the same belief that they are the same people.
Another thing. Religious people are citizens, and as any citizen, they must be respected. Of course, this doesn't happen always, people disrespect each other constantly. However, this doesn't mean they shouldn't be respected. As long as they follow their duties as citizens, it's their right to be respected, and nobody should take away other people's rights.
It's even worse when people are defending the rights of some group, but at the same time, they say something like this. It's hypocrisy.
C- "People shouldn't talk about their religion in public". This is also a mistake.
As I explained above, people are allowed to have this belief in this matter. There is no probelm with that. They are allowed to have their opinions.
As I said, they are citizens, and as citizens, they have right to express their opinions(freedom of speed) when they want to. Again, taking away people's right is a mistake that will only lead to fights and hatred.
What religious people CAN'T do is try to push their belief into people's throat. Everybody is allowed to have opinions, and they are allowed to disagree with religios people too. It's their right.
Many fanatics trty to do that, and that is something they can't do.
But you can't blaim all religious people for that. Talking about religion in public and pushing it into people's throat are very different things.
Besides, not only religious fanatics push things into people's throat. Some fanatic atheists also do the same thing. Trying to say that all religious people are stupid, saying that they believe in an imaginary friend, and trying to opress religious people because of their belief is another way to push what they stand for into people's throat.
Atheists are not better nor worse than religious people. So, in the same way religious people can't do that, atheists can't either.
This is it. I hope everybody read it and I hope you'll follow the conditions I mentioned above. Sorry for the long thread, thanks for the attention.
1- Read everything. If I'm wasting my time writing it it's because I want it to be fully read. You can read one of the topics(A, B OR C) and comment about the one you read, if you don't have time.
2- Don't start those wars. They're pointless and will make everybody look bad.
If you're not willing to follow what I asked, then leave the thread, since your post will become pointless.
Let's begin. The topics I'll be discussing is: disrespect towards religious people and double standards.
A-I've seen, mostly on the internet, that some people state that "all religious people are stupid, because they believe in something that doesn't exist". This is a mistake, and I'll explain why.
There are many religious people all over the world, and even when they belong to the same religion, they're very different among themselves, what they do, how they believe in something. One should never judge a person because of a single belief.
Now, their belief. Usually, religious people believe that a god(a superior ultimate being with the power to control everything) or gods created the universe and life. Now, it is true that there is barely any evidence that would support the existence of God or gods. However, the origin of the universe is unsure:
We currently have theories that would explain that origin(the most fambous being the big bang theory), but these theories don't have many evidenes either. As far as I checked, there isn't enough evidence to consider any of these theories a fact,a truth. My point is that the origin of the universe is still unsure, and people are allowed to have their beliefs, because we don't know for sure what's the real truth.
Basically, people are not stupid by having a belief about something that is unsure.
Another thing: What will show if you're smart or not is the way you believe in something: smart people won't let a belief blind him towards discoveries, towards scientific facts. A smart person won't let a belief harm his learning, his school education, the knowledge he will discover.
If a person has a belief, but he/she is still able to learn and understand the subjects in school, to succed in his academic life, and to understand and accept different opinions and costumes, this person is not dumb.
This is what will show if a person is smart or not, not a belief.
Those who let some belief blind themselves toawrds reality and many other things, those are fanatics. But many religious people are not religious fanatics.
People who say that all religious people are stupid have a prejudice, and they are allowing this prejudice to blind them. Basically, they're becoming fanatics themselves. Judging a person's intelligence by one belief is a mistake, and it's a not smart action either.
Basically, being religious doesn't mean being dumb, being an atheist doesn't mean being smart.
Of course, there is the opposite side of the coin: i've seen fanatics claiming that atheists are bad people, because they don't follow God, but that's not true either. It's their actions within society that will show if their bad people or not, not some belief(or lack of belief). i'm not focusing on this, though, because the first situation I've seen more often. But this is worth to be mentioned
B- I've seen people saying that: "religious people don't deserve to be respected, because they killed many others".
This is also a mistake.
As I explained above,fanaticism is different from religion. Those who did it on the past are fanatics, and obviously, they were wrong to do that. However, as I explained, you can't blaim an entire group because of what fanatics did, considering that are many in this group that are not fanatics.
It's even worse when it happened huntreds of years ago. The times changed. There is no more inquisition, even the fanatics don't do that anymore. Some habits of a religion changed, and so did the religious people Religious people are not asgardians nor ash(pokemon). They don't live for huntreds of years. So saying that "oh, you religious people killed many others..." is a mistake, because those who live these days are not those who killed many years ago, and as I explained, it's bnot because they have the same belief that they are the same people.
Another thing. Religious people are citizens, and as any citizen, they must be respected. Of course, this doesn't happen always, people disrespect each other constantly. However, this doesn't mean they shouldn't be respected. As long as they follow their duties as citizens, it's their right to be respected, and nobody should take away other people's rights.
It's even worse when people are defending the rights of some group, but at the same time, they say something like this. It's hypocrisy.
C- "People shouldn't talk about their religion in public". This is also a mistake.
As I explained above, people are allowed to have this belief in this matter. There is no probelm with that. They are allowed to have their opinions.
As I said, they are citizens, and as citizens, they have right to express their opinions(freedom of speed) when they want to. Again, taking away people's right is a mistake that will only lead to fights and hatred.
What religious people CAN'T do is try to push their belief into people's throat. Everybody is allowed to have opinions, and they are allowed to disagree with religios people too. It's their right.
Many fanatics trty to do that, and that is something they can't do.
But you can't blaim all religious people for that. Talking about religion in public and pushing it into people's throat are very different things.
Besides, not only religious fanatics push things into people's throat. Some fanatic atheists also do the same thing. Trying to say that all religious people are stupid, saying that they believe in an imaginary friend, and trying to opress religious people because of their belief is another way to push what they stand for into people's throat.
Atheists are not better nor worse than religious people. So, in the same way religious people can't do that, atheists can't either.
This is it. I hope everybody read it and I hope you'll follow the conditions I mentioned above. Sorry for the long thread, thanks for the attention.
