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Originally posted by livi
I am not religious, but I always felt religious belief ought to be something utterly personal. I have always felt that if religion is something dictated by others there is something inherently, paradoxically wrong. If all religious believers blindly follow a few leaders rules, forced to apply other peoples claim of whats right or wrong - then itīs bordering on simple dictatorship. When the Muslim Mullah regard a Danish drawing as a gross insult, issuing death penalties - there is something dangerously wrong if believers without thinking for them selves, blindly go along.
I sense there is a lurking risk with religion being rigidly structured in a strict hierarchy, ruled by a single (or few) persons who claim they have supreme right to dictate whats morally right or wrong.
I am sincerely grateful the Pooop does not have a military force at his non democratic dictatorship. Unfortunately, many Muslim Pooops do. Which in my book presents the biggest threat to world peace currently.
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FTR, I have not found a faith that explains differently. They all say it's a personal thing to strive for. I've only seen various men's interpretation of it to mean something else.
Hope that answers your question as well Svan.....