In Iraq, Christians are being killed. If they believe God and Christ are their protectors, how is that explained., Christian Scientists would say they hadn't believed enough. This is, of course, based on an erroneous assumption which victimizes the victim, not particularly Christian nor charitable. In Iraq, I suppose they are considered 'infidels' for being outside the Moslem faith and, as we have come to know, all not Moslems are infidels and deserve to die in some eyes..
Books are written, WHY BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE'.. What is never mentioned is that 'good and bad things happen to all people '. There is a Law of Averages and Randomness which governs us, even the non-religious. Rationalization is not limited to Christians but can be seen in every religion.
How else could we explain things for which we can never have proof. We are told (in all religions) that you must believe and have 'faith'. This concept is as ludicrous to me as the Catholic Church telling parishioners they should not have bad thoughts. Tell an obsessional, or paranoid, or extremely cautious person that they must learn to control their thoughts to only pure ones and see how far they can get with it.
Many of these rationalizations are destructive. People not able to lire up to what is preached by religious leaders leaving them feeling 'wicked' and fearful because they can't control their thoughts; others live in fear of afterlife because they cannot meet the standards set by their clergy. The reasons that so many people are injured psychologically from clerical edicts is they feel unclean, impure, and like failures in life as humans when they can't do the impossible that is demanded of them.
More people, though they may claim a church affiliation, attend church rarely. If the US would tax religious groups as businesses, (and profit making colleges, as well) we would have a far more stable economy.
Books are written, WHY BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE'.. What is never mentioned is that 'good and bad things happen to all people '. There is a Law of Averages and Randomness which governs us, even the non-religious. Rationalization is not limited to Christians but can be seen in every religion.
How else could we explain things for which we can never have proof. We are told (in all religions) that you must believe and have 'faith'. This concept is as ludicrous to me as the Catholic Church telling parishioners they should not have bad thoughts. Tell an obsessional, or paranoid, or extremely cautious person that they must learn to control their thoughts to only pure ones and see how far they can get with it.
Many of these rationalizations are destructive. People not able to lire up to what is preached by religious leaders leaving them feeling 'wicked' and fearful because they can't control their thoughts; others live in fear of afterlife because they cannot meet the standards set by their clergy. The reasons that so many people are injured psychologically from clerical edicts is they feel unclean, impure, and like failures in life as humans when they can't do the impossible that is demanded of them.
More people, though they may claim a church affiliation, attend church rarely. If the US would tax religious groups as businesses, (and profit making colleges, as well) we would have a far more stable economy.
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