Originally posted by FreakyKBHI can't say I find superstitious people's beliefs "offensive" in and of themselves ~ even quite extreme and prejudiced opinions are, in most cases, harmless and talking points only ~ but when religious beliefs result in actions that have damaging or even dangerous impacts on others, I can certainly be concerned.
What do you consider the single most offensive aspect of the theistic world's belief system?
For example, last week I was working with some people who are trying to change people's thinking, community by community, regarding male doctors being permitted to help women to give birth, which is regarded by the devout as being haram, or forbidden by God.
This belief - which can be strictly adhered to in conservative Muslim communities - results in deaths when pregnant women or women who have just given birth bleed out and die or babies die in difficult birth situations because a female doctor or midwife (as is often the case) was not available. It's just an example.
I find aspects like this "of the theistic world's belief system" to be very troubling, as do quite a lot of Muslims it should be said: superstition leading to acts that harm others. I'm not sure the word "offensive" fits the bill, though.
Originally posted by FMFWell, then search your inner man and find the thing you find most offensive about theism.
I can't say I find superstitious people's beliefs "offensive" in and of themselves ~ even quite extreme and prejudiced opinions are, in most cases, harmless and talking points only ~ but when religious beliefs result in actions that have damaging or even dangerous impacts on others, I can certainly be concerned.
For example, last week I was working with some ...[text shortened]... ition leading to acts that harm others. I'm not sure the word "offensive" fits the bill, though.
That was the nature of the post, after all.
Originally posted by FreakyKBHI suppose one could say when people defend ~ irrationally, as I see it ~ such practices (like the one I mentioned above) or punish "offenders" or try to pass supposedly secular laws that force people with different beliefs to comply with the same faith-based restrictions, while women and babies die, then it can become "offensive".
Well, then search your inner man and find the thing you find most offensive about theism.
That was the nature of the post, after all.
Originally posted by FreakyKBHCan you choose a better word than 'offensive?'
The theists herein have their pet topics which we find offensive when viewing other theist's belief systems, so let's hear it from that very small group of lack-of-theisms:
What do you consider the single most offensive aspect of the theistic world's belief system?
Much obliged.
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Originally posted by FreakyKBH🙂 Yes, a little better.
Ah, yes.
Perhaps the choice of words was a shade offensive.
Distasteful, if you will.
Let's taken another bat to the piñata, shall we?
"What aspect of theism really pisses you off the most?"
Better?
In truth, none of it. I honestly don't begrudge anyone their faith. Life isn't easy, and if someone has found something they believe in that gives them hope and comfort, then I say 'good on them.'
That said, religion can have a damaging effect. I believe, in the wrong hands it can lead people to do unspeakable things. Dangerous is the man who believes he has God in his corner. - It can also have a toxic effect in people suffering from mental health problems.
Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeCan't the same be said for lack-of-theisms?
🙂 Yes, a little better.
In truth, none of it. I honestly don't begrudge anyone their faith. Life isn't easy, and if someone has found something they believe in that gives them hope and comfort, then I say 'good on them.'
That said, religion can have a damaging effect. I believe, in the wrong hands it can lead people to do unspeakable things. ...[text shortened]... n his corner. - It can also have a toxic effect in people suffering from mental health problems.
Originally posted by FreakyKBHThe tendency to re-caste their own opinions and prejudices as God's. The deliberate loss of the ability to distinguish between the two.
The theists herein have their pet topics which we find offensive when viewing other theist's belief systems, so let's hear it from that very small group of lack-of-theisms:
What do you consider the single most offensive aspect of the theistic world's belief system?