How come religious people give religion such a bad name? This question has bugged me for years. Why do so many religious institutions create intolerance when they think they are preaching tolerance?
One of the reasons seems to be that many of the believers of these institutions know little of what their faith is really about. This will seem harsh to many believers, but take a good look at how badly religion is perceived to be by millions of people and you begin to get the idea. Surely, a loving Creator didn’t have this confusion in mind.
In the world I live in the most obvious arenas of intolerance seem to abound in the Christian right. (I am not sure there is a Christian left.) I know there are other faiths throughout the world that are equal opportunity practitioners of bigotry, but I will stick with what I think I know best.
I know this is going to upset a lot of people, but don’t you think we have to ask the question why we piss off half the world or more when the basis of our faith is love? There is something basically wrong here.
The area I would like to explore is why so many Christian institutions feel they need to protect God. So many of the dogmas that create intolerance are essentially created to protect an omnipotent being who can probably take care of him or her Self.
Yes, I too am a Christian, but I need help with this one. Maybe someone out there can help me. In the meanwhile, I am going to explore this seeming contradiction for the next few days.
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