humainity
By adnanezzi
@adnanezzi (243)
India
January 1, 2008 7:51am CST
every religion in this world teaches us humainaty. to care and respect each other. no prophet stated that the religion before them is false and gave respect to it. then why is this bloodshed in the name of religion .please comment
1 response
@ClarusVisum (2163)
• United States
3 Jan 08
I don't consider the "follow what we believe or burn for eternity in Hell" to be very humane at all. Quite the opposite, in fact.
Most moderates of a religion talk about the things you describe, but when you get down to reading the actual holy books, there tends to be a LOT less tolerance and 'humanity' in them. That's where the bloodshed comes from--the people who take those words seriously and take them to heart.
For example, in Christianity, the fact is that the moderates are actually some of the people who are least aligned with the things actually written in their religion's holy book, the Bible. Very sad, but very true.
Just visit http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/ and look to the right in the Highlights section. Just read through those first four sections (absurdity through intolerance) to get an idea what I mean.