Concerning Religion…

There is no reason to try to explain away the misusing of religion around the world. It happens both in the Middle-East as well as in the West. The core question that remains, and where the waters obviously part, is whether this abuse is a result of an expression of religion as written in the religious texts, or whether the misuse of religion is an expression of some humans trying to make religion into some kind of pseudoideology, that appraises murder and oppression.

The rhetorical question is as follows: When atheists starts to contemplate that religion is something that the devil created, are they not then doing the dirty work for the fanatics?

Let me give two examples:

A) If a convinced religious but ignorant man is let to believe that God has written that thou’ must beat the woman, then I take it that he will follow that belief regardless of whether he has gotten that knowledge from an atheist or from a religious fanatic? Even if he reads a citation of a verse from a religious text that has been removed from it’s context, it will for the ignorant religious man be enough, because it is clearly (example the holy Qur’an Sura 9) something revealed to humankind by God. Thus the atheist has achieved what is hard for even the religious fanatics. To convince people of a pseudoversion of Gods words, Mmh?

B) If, on the other hand, a religious but ignorant man is let to believe by one who has read the wholy texts, that God does not want war, murder or oppression, but God wants peace and love on earth in spite of certain verses if taken out of context is contradicting this. If he is let to believe that the superior messages of the religious texts are peace, love and harmony and that you should stick to the superior messages rather than chopping religious texts up into meaningless words. If he is let to believe by a skilled religious master that he is not allowed to kill, murder and oppress women, then do you think he would do it?

So if we take a deep breath here. Air ventilating as far down as to the region where so many people are letting shit out about religious people all over the world. Think about it. Which scenario would be best for society? To create fanatics or to take away the very foundations of their sick ideas? Is it A or is it B?

Religion can not be held responsible for the sick ideas of humankind. Read Volkans article about how Milosevich used the psychology of “Large-group psychodynamics and Massive violence” to create the same kind of religious hysteria that we see all over the world of today: http://www.sydneypsychoanalysis.asn.au/downunder/backissues/6/427/large_group_vv

Der er ingen grund til bortforklaringer i det her. Religionen misbruges i dele af den arabiske verden, ligesom den gør i Vesten. Det er vi absolut helt og aldeles enige om. Det helt afgørende spørgsmål, og der hvor vandene vel skilles, er, om resultatet bliver et udtryk for religionen, som den står beskrevet i Bibel eller Koran, eller om misbruget er udtryk for, at nogle jordiske mennesker forsøger at gøre religion til en slags pseudoideologi, som ophøjer mord og undertrykkelse.

Spørgsmålet er som følger: Når ateister begynder at ophøje religion til noget, som fanden har skabt, går man så ikke netop de religiøse fanatikeres ærinde? Forklaring følger med disse to eksempler:

A) Hvis en overbevist men uvidende religiøs får at vide, at Gud har skrevet, at du skal slå din kvinde, så vil han vel følge denne overbevisning, uanset om han har fået beskeden af en ateist eller af en fanatisk religiøs? At han læser et citat, som er taget ud af kontekst, vil for den uvidende vel være nok, fordi det står som værende Guds ord, Mmh? Fokus vil blive lagt på, at det er et citat, ergo et udtryk for hvad der står i Guds skrift. (En overbevist troende vil jo aldrig omvende sig til ateist, så allerede der, har I tabt kampen).

B) Hvis man til gengæld forestiller sig følgende situation. En, som har læst Koranen, sætter sig ned for at snakke med den uvidende overbeviste religiøse. Snakken går og man fortæller, at Gud ikke vil krig, mord og undertrykkelse; men at Gud vil fred og kærlighed på trods af, at der står ting i de hellige skrifter, som umiddelbart er paradokser i forhold til dette budskab, så er det overordnede budskab om fred og kærlighed det vigtigste, og at man skal overholde de overordnede spilleregler, som siger, at man ikke må undertrykke og dræbe andre, heller ikke kvinder.

Hvilken situation tror I for samfundet vil opnå det største og bedste resultat? A eller B?

Religion kan ikke holdes ansvarlig for menneskets syge idéer. Læs evt. om Volkans værk om “Large-group Psychodynamics and Massive Violence her: http://blog.tv2.dk/snowtiger/entry173239.html#comment1016467