Religion
In reply to the discussion: We need a ginormous food fight here, so let's have a frank little chat about demons [View all]Brettongarcia
(2,262 posts)For them, all problems that might seem to come from religion, actually just come from deviating from the one right, good one. The one true religion. Which seems to be roughly, a sort of spiritualized version of the New Testament; and not the Old.
But there are many problems with both cbayer and Rug telling us over and over, that those who criticize religion, just don't know religion well enough; that in effect they don't know the "right," the "real" one.
The first problem is that 1) whatever it is that today's "real" and "True" Christianity is, most religionists do not seem to exactly know what it is, to describe it.
But especially? 2) Real religion has dark biblical roots historically; that constantly (and inevitably?) come to the surface. "Real" religion might be comfortable with peaceable exorcism; but underneath the peaceable version, is the murderous ethnic/spiritual cleansing. Always ready to re-surface.
And I suggest, there 3) are internal problems even with the "right," the "real" spirituality in itself, and in particular (James 2.14-26).
Modern religion looks nice and clean and perfect to many of its own advocates. Any bad thing in religion they claim just comes from people misunderstanding the one true path.
However? Underneath all this privileged divine and perfect purity, we will see, are many problems. Vanity being not the least of them.