Saturday 26 April 2008

Is being to religious bad?



I think being to religious is bad and can make others around them feel uncomfortable especially when religious people look as if they are dictating to others. Firstly, when I hear people in the middle of town shouting in the name of god and usually talk in an agressive tone, I walk past briskly so he or she doesn’t stop and tell me how everyone has sinned because honestly I don’t really care and how the hell do they know your life story. I think people would have a more positive perception of preachers on the streets if they were more optimistic and started to praise us because we don’t want to be told we will are going to hell.


Also, an extreme case of being to religious is Phelps family aka “the most hate family in America” who are part of Westboro Baptist church in Kansas, they claim to be Christian but this religious organisation can not interpret the bible correctly and are bendy the scriptures to accommodate their negative opinions. E.g. They protested at funerals of American soldiers killed in Iraq saying the soldiers where punished by god for fighting for a county which accepted homosexuality.

Click on this link to watch an interview with this family to understand how "bad" they are being:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Mta3zdavM

Being to religious crosses the line when people are made to feel put down and when people carry on protesting without interpreting the holy scriptures correctly, the Phelps especially are not saying the correct message of the bible and in fact, god does not hate the world or even sinners.

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