People & their religion [Spirituality & Religion]

But to be fair, go back and "listen" to yourself and all the criticism you're giving, as well. Sounds awful, and agreeing with someone who calls religious people idiots? Wow. Don't put or label all "religious" people as being the same. I haven't seen your remark to him. What did you say? Could he have taken it as a snyd remark or critical?

It's not even about religion. It's about everyone needing a Savior....a personal relationship with Jesus, since our sins separate us from God, until they are confessed and forgiven. I believe everyone here deserves a voice and to share any subject they wish, without criticism.

Works the other way too, I've been blocked by atheists simply for believing in God, and mocked and sworn at.

He's not Catholic. And even if he was, can't you see that you are acting with hate, yourself, when you say you [u]hate[/u] religion (i.e. "[b]those[/b] who peddle it"), and that doesn't make you hateful to have that attitude towards someone you don't know, just because you hate religious people, by your own admittance, and their posts? Hate is a critical word. And then you say you're not even against them?? Wow. You could have fooled us Christians.

Okay but if he only invited people to do prayer it obviously meant he wasn't in a mood for debate ?

Well prayers are about collective energy. You can't have anything that distracts you from your intentions of prayer or it's effects get somewhat diminished.

So there's that. I'm not a religious person myself but some people may just need religions still. They haven't evolved yet and needn't be.

It's not really most people who have a faith or religion. The majority of people who are religious don't go around posting or preaching. It's a whole other extreme that does that. Most people just go about their business and believe whatever they do or don't. They don't need attention for it.

If it's not religion, it's politics or something else. Some people want an echo chamber; they only want people who think and feel the same way they do and anyone else needs to be shut out.

I agree, religion truly is a disease. Don’t bother with those idiots though. Just mute them.

They can't handle facts

Although posters shouldn't expect that only appropriate people will respond it's probably best that only they do. On the other hand, some of the prayer requests are ridiculous: like "please pray for my neighbor's cat"

It's a communal conformity thing. If you show signs of questioning it, you become a dangerous thinker who might try to tempt the faithful away. Without safeguards like that though, too many would break free of the brainwashing and the religion would die. It's a survival technique for an idea.

I agree.

I have seen more hatred spewed at fellow believers here that I have ever encountered in real life. Even over a slightly different confession. I'm not even talking between faiths. Between fellow Christian believers.