re thoughts on christians in article apr nuscc nus sg cmtan iss nus sg tan chade meng dan writes sandvik newton apple com kent sandvik writes in article q l cva uxa ecn bgu edu gsu uxa ecn bgu edu eric molas wrote christianity is an infectious cult the reasons it flourishes are because it gives people without hope or driven purpose in life a safety blanked to hide behind oh wow all i have to do is follow this christian moral standard and i get eternal happiness i agree that in many cases primitive emotional feelings based on haha you won t laugh in hell mentalities makes certain religions very attractive for certain personalities i agree with both of u but i would like to make a small point xtianity other dogmatic religions not only attract people without hope etc but also attract average people as well i believe that xtainity thru its escapist doctrines absolutist attitudes provides great psychological shelter from day to day frustrations unhappiness fear of uncertainty unknown etc this is a good point but i think average people do not take up christianity so much out of fear or escapism but quite simply as a way to improve their social life or to get more involved with american culture if they are kids of immigrants for example since it is the overwhelming major religion in the western world in some form or other it is simply the choice people take if they are bored and want to do something new with their lives but not somethong too new or too out of the ordinary seems a little weak but as long as it doesn t hurt anybody the buddha had something to say about the attractiveness of religions when driven by fear man worships sacred mountains sacred stones and sacred trees however the buddha also said if somebody finds peace in any religion let him be these are good quotes and i agree with both of them but let s make sure to alter the scond one so that includes something like let him be as long as he is not preventing others from finding their peace or something like that of course i suppose if someone were really at peace there would be no need for inflicting evangelism personally i feel that since religion have such a poweful psychological effect we should let theists be but the problem is that religions cause enormous harm to non believers and to humanity as a whole holy wars inquisitions inter religious hatred impedence of science intellectual progress us them attitudes etc etc need i say more i really don t know what we can do about them any comments well it is a sure thing we will have to live with them all our lives their popularity seems to come and go i remember when i first entered high school i was an atheist always had been and so were about of my friends at this time of those have converted always to christianity they were all also immigrants from taiwan or sons of immigrants hence my earlier gross generalization christianity seems a lot more popular to people now than it ever has before since i ve been noticing maybe it is just my perceptions that are chagning who knows i for one am perfectly willing to live and let live with them so long as we have some set of abstract rights agreements on how we should treat each other i have no desire to be hurt by them or their notions for all the well put arguments on this usenet it never does any good argumentation does not really seem to apply to christians or even some atheists it must simply be a step the person takes naturally almost instinctively best regards adam john cooper verily often have i laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good simply because acooper macalstr edu they had no claws the unenlightened one buddhism has the characteristics of what would be tan chade meng expected in a cosmic religion for the future it singapore transcends a personal god avoids dogmas and theology cmtan iss nus sg it covers both the natural spiritual and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity einstein
