I Hate Religion
Religion [b]literally[/b] teaches not to question anything and not to think for yourself...
Do people even realize how messed up that is?
Religion [b]literally[/b] teaches not to question anything and not to think for yourself...
Do people even realize how messed up that is?
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Yeah cherry picking verses from these books is a very silly idea. If anything religion tries to answer your questions, not tell you not to ask them
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@Qwerty14 It has to be limited to the leaders. Any organized institution of man can be distorted if we attribute every statement of it's "members" to the organization as a whole.
An example outside of religion would be this past year's presidential election in the US. Both the Republicans and the Democrats had an outsider attempt to usurp the nomination process. Sanders was not a liberal and not a Democrat; similarly, Trump was not a conservative or a Republican. [b][i]Early on in the election, both of them made statements completely contrary to party dogma.[/i][/b] The Democratic leadership succeeded in keeping Sanders away, but the Republican leadership does not have the power over its nominating process that the Democrats do and the outsider got in and got elected.
(Of course the analogy fails now that Trump was elected and is officially the head of the party he hi-jacked.)
An example outside of religion would be this past year's presidential election in the US. Both the Republicans and the Democrats had an outsider attempt to usurp the nomination process. Sanders was not a liberal and not a Democrat; similarly, Trump was not a conservative or a Republican. [b][i]Early on in the election, both of them made statements completely contrary to party dogma.[/i][/b] The Democratic leadership succeeded in keeping Sanders away, but the Republican leadership does not have the power over its nominating process that the Democrats do and the outsider got in and got elected.
(Of course the analogy fails now that Trump was elected and is officially the head of the party he hi-jacked.)
Miram · 31-35, F
The verse is incomplete but it can be interpreted in the same sense based on the context of revelation you choose. This is the full verse:
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَسَۡٔلُواْ عَنۡ أَشۡيَآءَ إِن تُبۡدَ لَكُمۡ تَسُؤۡكُمۡ وَإِن تَسَۡٔلُواْ عَنۡهَا حِينَ يُنَزَّلُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ تُبۡدَ لَكُمۡ عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَنۡهَاۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٞ
[i]O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you. But if you ask about them while the Qur'an is being revealed, they will be shown to you. Allah has pardoned that which is past; and Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.[/i]
I am familiar with two contexts, in one someone asked Mohamed about the identity of his father and Mohammed revealed his mother had premarital sex.
The other was linked to the verse after that,
قَدۡ سَأَلَهَا قَوۡمٞ مِّن قَبۡلِكُمۡ ثُمَّ أَصۡبَحُواْ بِهَا كَٰفِرِينَ
[i] A people asked such [questions] before you; then they became thereby disbelievers.[/i]
Which is related to disbelievers leaving the religion after not receiving satisfying answers.
Interpretations based on the second context make more sense because they are consistent with the meanings of the verses that follow.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَسَۡٔلُواْ عَنۡ أَشۡيَآءَ إِن تُبۡدَ لَكُمۡ تَسُؤۡكُمۡ وَإِن تَسَۡٔلُواْ عَنۡهَا حِينَ يُنَزَّلُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ تُبۡدَ لَكُمۡ عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَنۡهَاۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٞ
[i]O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you. But if you ask about them while the Qur'an is being revealed, they will be shown to you. Allah has pardoned that which is past; and Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.[/i]
I am familiar with two contexts, in one someone asked Mohamed about the identity of his father and Mohammed revealed his mother had premarital sex.
The other was linked to the verse after that,
قَدۡ سَأَلَهَا قَوۡمٞ مِّن قَبۡلِكُمۡ ثُمَّ أَصۡبَحُواْ بِهَا كَٰفِرِينَ
[i] A people asked such [questions] before you; then they became thereby disbelievers.[/i]
Which is related to disbelievers leaving the religion after not receiving satisfying answers.
Interpretations based on the second context make more sense because they are consistent with the meanings of the verses that follow.
GeniUs · 56-60, M
I used my Biblical Magic 8 Ball and it said, 'trust in the lord.' Really glad 'Holy War!' Didn't come up again.
ozgirl512 · 26-30, F
Many of us do... It's almost like voting for trump 🤣