A collection of essays and rants, inspired and taken from a series that I have been writing for several years concerning this subject. A stirring account of how certain issues are poisoned by organized religions and why we as a society would be much...
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What is truly stunning about those who follow organized religion is the clear ignorance they exhibit when referring to their holy works as a source of morality in their daily lives. Such a statement leads me to suggest that they never read the book in question or they just don't understand the meaning of the world morality to begin with. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, morality is defined as the following:
1. Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior: the matter boiled down to simple morality: innocent prisoners ought to be freed
2. A particular system of values and principles of conduct.
3. The extent to which an action is right or wrong: the issue of the morality of the possession of nuclear weapons
Those who look towards their holy scriptures, such as the bible for example, as their source of morality seems to smack of hypocrisy as there are atrocities described within it that would seem very immoral to those who would read them and attempt to follow its example. This is of course the religion that preaches forgiveness. The bible not only commands people to forgive, but also to refrain from judging or condemning people as well. Luke 6:37 couldn't be apparent when it states:
"Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven."
The doctrine is quite clear. People are told not to judge nor condemn people because that's someone else's job. Yet that never stops people from doing just that. Even though forgiveness is supposed to be a leading theme in the bible, you would be shocked to hear that there are at least a dozen crimes that the same book says people must be put to death for committing.
So much for forgiveness.
When you think of all the people who have been murdered in defence of this religion whether it be in the crusades, the inquisition or the even more horrific Salem witch hunts, it leaves observers to even question if this whole 'forgiveness' passage has ever been put into practice. Then there's the death penalty. I wish I was kidding but the very same book that claims you are supposed to forgive your enemy actually endorses capital punishment. Deep within that same bible that orders people to forgive those who sin (or trespass) against them, the following crimes are supposed to be punished by death:
- Murder (Genesis 9:6)
- False prophecy (Deuteronomy 13:1-10)
- Adultery (Leviticus 20:10)
- Incest (Leviticus 20:11-12)
- Worshiping other gods (Deuteronomy 13:6-10)
- Rape (Deuteronomy 22:25-27)
- If a woman doesn't resist while being raped (Deuteronomy 22:23-24)
