This has been bothering me for some time. I have noticed that those channels on TV where there are christian religious fanatics giving speaches and such appear to be growing more prevelant. This scares me, for several reasons.
1) Their intolerance for other people. They believe that they have that absolute truth and they alone. This is something that we don't need in our world. It leads to discrimination against other ideas and the stiffling of learning. It is what caused the Inqusition, the Nazi rise in power, and many other stains in our world history.
2) Their unconcern for the environment. I heard one preacher say that we should use up all of the reasources on the earth as fast as we want to, because that is why God put it there. And it didn't matter anyway, because Jesus was coming soon. I believe that the environment is one of the most important, if not the most important, issue before us today. It is obvious, at the pace we are going at, that we will run out of resources in the near future. It might take another 50 to 100 years, but that is the future of your decendents.
3) The ammount of power that the individual "Preacher People" are gaining. They have absolute contol over the crowds that are gathered before them. I feel almost that if, whoever was speaking, said to go out and kill people, they would. THey jump, clap, sing, cry, shout their hatred... all on command.
Now, I am not saying that religion is wrong or that God doesn't exist. I am saying that fanatics are scary. I hope that I won't live to be in a world where they have taken over.
"A fanatic is someone who can't change their mind and won't change the subject"
--Winston Churchill
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1) Their intolerance for other people. They believe that they have that absolute truth and they alone. This is something that we don't need in our world. It leads to discrimination against other ideas and the stiffling of learning. It is what caused the Inqusition, the Nazi rise in power, and many other stains in our world history.
2) Their unconcern for the environment. I heard one preacher say that we should use up all of the reasources on the earth as fast as we want to, because that is why God put it there. And it didn't matter anyway, because Jesus was coming soon. I believe that the environment is one of the most important, if not the most important, issue before us today. It is obvious, at the pace we are going at, that we will run out of resources in the near future. It might take another 50 to 100 years, but that is the future of your decendents.
3) The ammount of power that the individual "Preacher People" are gaining. They have absolute contol over the crowds that are gathered before them. I feel almost that if, whoever was speaking, said to go out and kill people, they would. THey jump, clap, sing, cry, shout their hatred... all on command.
Now, I am not saying that religion is wrong or that God doesn't exist. I am saying that fanatics are scary. I hope that I won't live to be in a world where they have taken over.
"A fanatic is someone who can't change their mind and won't change the subject"
--Winston Churchill
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