reply to post by 547000
I condemn Exploitation and manipulation of people by any religion or religious groups. But sometimes it becomes necessary to come in defense of our
cultural and traditional values that are not related to religion in many ways, in that case use of force can be justified. I am re-posting the
following from my other thread, I think you will agree with it:
Yes some missionaries might be doing some good humanitarian work, and a majority of it is only limited to rich first world countries like US, UK,
Europe etc. mainly to earn their loyalty and support in the form of donations, and keeping them in deception about the heinous acts they are
committing in the rest of the world. And if you want to truly understand the intentions of an organization, you have to look at it with a wide
perspective. And the same goes for freemasonry, which is being run by orthodox Christians and monarchs.
It doesn't matter what religious label a person adheres to, If a religion is being used for exploitation and manipulation of people than it should be
condemned immediately as it is against humanity. There are good and bad elements in every religion, all of them started with great teachings which
were taken form culture, traditions, folk arts and nature. But as time passed, those original teachings were modified and new malign concepts were
added to them. Some of those malign concepts include heaven and hell, god being a separate entity and you have to pray/beg to him for material
comforts etc.
Take Hinduism you have seen people praying to various deities as people pray to Jesus in Christianity, and still there are some pure concepts taken
from cultural beliefs in Hinduism in which god is described as intrinsically present in everything including nature, animals and human beings, the
underlying beautiful fact here is "nature is god and you are nature." This implies we are all gods and because we have separated ourselves from
nature and cultural values because of our belief systems, we are no longer able to realize that fact, and such beliefs can be found in many indigenous
culture everywhere in the world . The religions in which teachings like these are present are more pure than other religions but they are not the
purest.
So, I do not follow any religion, but I live my life on the core belief systems based on nature and unity, preached by our ancestors, culture, and
traditions which are unfortunately dying these days because of some influences and christian missionaries are one of the reason behind it.