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Why are the religious so afraid? Why is everything wrapped in fear? I thought your "god" was loving, caring, forgiving, and understanding?
Is it sort of a symbiotic relationship between two irrational thought processes?
If you believe in your heart that you are doing the right thing, why do things other people do (that don't effect you) bother you so freakin much?
This is why I am more drawn to Taoism than western religions. Contentment and peace come from within. Forcing, influencing, or manipulating others isn't part of that formula.
FEAR isn't part of inner peace and contentment.
Why does it seem so many who believe in Abrahamic religions are also those who fearmonger the most, AND who also appear the most afraid?
Same-sex marriage is a perfect example of the irrational fear I'm talking about.
If somebody is going to be punished because two gay people get married, wouldn't those same people be punished because of thousands of other reasons that thousands of other people do every damn day?
What kind of asinine god would punish a straight, married, christian female in her 50's simply because a gay couple got married a 1000 miles away from her?
My only reasoning with why somebody would be so worried about what other people do, is that they are extremely insecure with what they themselves are doing.
Can somebody be a "good ___________" and not be fearful of what others believe/do?
As far as I understand it from those who claim to know more about it, there is, at some point, going to be retribution on a personal level and on a global level if we don't do what the big man 'wants'. That is fear inducing dogma.