Originally posted by galveston75 "Is Religion at the Root of Mankind’s Problems?"
“WHEN religion is not encouraging strife it is acting as a drug which numbs the human conscience and fills the human brain with escapist fantasies. . . . It causes human beings to be narrow, superstitious, full of hatred and fear.” The former Methodist missionary who wrote that added: “These charges a ...[text shortened]... often than not, however, what it does is engender strife, intolerance, and hatred. Why is that?
it is acting as a drug which numbs the human conscience and fills the human brain with escapist fantasies
". It should enlighten and inspire us. More often than not, however, what it does is engender strife, intolerance, and hatred. Why is that?"
because of the 'escapist fantasies'. many religious people are in denial that they 'engender strife,intolerance and hatred'. often deluding themselves the extent that they mistake intolerance for love.
Originally posted by galveston75 "Is Religion at the Root of Mankind’s Problems?"
“WHEN religion is not encouraging strife it is acting as a drug which numbs the human conscience and fills the human brain with escapist fantasies. . . . It causes human beings to be narrow, superstitious, full of hatred and fear.” The former Methodist missionary who wrote that added: “These charges a ...[text shortened]... ) Instead of helping to solve mankind’s problems, religion actually becomes part of the problem.
This is why a few here have stated that the JW organization does precious little to advance the cause of Christianity in order to promote their own twisted version of it, claiming that they are the ONLY Christians who deserve the fruits of Christianity. THIS is why JWs are hated and not because of any of your mumbo-jumbo about being "God's People". What a joke. YOUR organization is illustration enough of the points you bring up here. Your organization is all about “a façade of ‘religion.’” To bastardize God's Word and set mankind on a dangerous parallel path, supposedly to salvation, but in reality only towards perdition, is part and parcel of Satan's plan to overcome Man. Those who are fooled by it can count themselves as part of the horde following the straight and wide way in the latter days. "Religion" is NOT "part of the problem", but individual evil people and evil institutions started by those evil people, such as your organization, certainly are. The WTO is every bit a cult, just like the Branch Davidians, the Peoples Temple or the Church of Scientology.
The sad story of beau roberts in this forum only illustrates the lengths your organization will go to drive out good Christians who try to walk the narrow path. He should count himself fortunate that he was found "not suitable" for retention in the organization. Hopefully now he can find a "suitable" home for himself and his family in a community who will accept him with the actual love of Christ, instead of 'lip-service'.
Christianity Without Division
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