Discussion»Questions»Religion and Spirituality» Do you think God could have inspired the scriptures to be written in such a way to ensure extremism would be unlikely to happen?
There you have it. Christian doctrine promotes choice. What choice do your other RELIGIONS allow? When Islam is up your tail ask them then if they could be a little less extreme.
This post was edited by O-uknow at May 29, 2017 12:18 AM MDT
The way scriptures are written can make extremism seem the right way to go in just about any religion . Religious Right powers-that-be go to extreme lengths to try keep 'their people' away from taking an honest view of the science of evolutionary theory and evidence that some of the bible stories are false.
I think Buddha was wise to deny a supernatural creator and supernaturally inspired stories .
The Baha'i Faith religion does make it clear that extremism must be avoided.
This post was edited by Kittigate at May 29, 2017 12:31 AM MDT
Ahh humans eh... no predicting what they will do or say next.. I've had entirely innocent posts misinterpreted on here so what chance does God have with stuff written yonks ago in a different time and place.
I'm not a biblical scholar, but I'm pretty sure that, if there is a God, the only thing he wrote was the Ten Commandments. Everything else has been written by man.
Yes because there are many things in bible stories that can inspire hatred, discrimination and violence. Should not he nature of a loving God.
This post was edited by Kittigate at May 29, 2017 10:15 AM MDT
It would seem to me that the Ten Commandments pretty much dictate the way God wanted man to conduct himself. Man, however, has perhaps erred in his attempt to interpret what God meant. God, in the Ten Commandments, said nothing about man committing violence, discrimination or hatred.
In the OT says certain kinds of people should be put to death. By contrast the NT message (of Jesus ) is love, tolerance and peace.
This post was edited by Kittigate at May 29, 2017 1:14 PM MDT
Neither the Old Testament nor the New Testament were written by God. They were written by man. Therefore, the only writings directly attributed to God were the Ten Commandments which do not talk of violence, hatred or discrimination.
I think in some ways extremism is inevitable. To be fair, most religious extremism is inherently tied in with politics and secular strife. It is never solely religious.
I do think it's possible for some religious texts to support extremism more easily (that may be part of the reason why Islamic extremism is such a problem right now and extremism from other religions isn't).
O-uknow 