The Problem With Faith: Religion Is Destroying Humanity:Justification for inequality.

Taken from http://churchandstate.org.uk... "The Problem With Faith: 11 Ways Religion Is Destroying Humanity" Justification for inequality. A simple and honest study of our world"s theocracies (and countries such as America where those issues are being debated) reveals how our holy texts are used to discriminate against women, LGBTs, and foreigners. Our top three world religions" texts are full of discrimination against these groups. In fact, it is openly used as justification for that discrimination. Religion facilitates erroneous rationalization of the attempts to remove basic rights from others. It prevents people from living in peace as a community and within their own lives. It forces entire groups of people to work tirelessly to create and preserve rights that should be available to them already. Many of our religions treat women as subhuman property rather than the part of the human species that gives life to every one of us " a position that deserves respect. Many of our world"s countries have so drastically restricted the rights of women that they are not allowed to attend school to earn an education, drive a car, be seen in public without a male family member, hold a career, or even speak their own thoughts. In each instance where this gender based bigotry is enforced, it is always attached to a religiously based belief system. Religion also treats the LGBT community with disdain, even to the point where some countries prescribe death as a punishment for not following that religion"s definition of what sex should look like. The problem with this is that homosexuality can be found in many species, not just amongst humanity. Anyone who has done their research knows this. Unfortunately, religion has not caught up to this reality. Although homosexuality has existed for millennia, religion still persists in fighting what comes natural to much of nature. Is it a god that gave us permission to interrogate and murder people based on sexual orientation, or is it the people who wrote our religious texts and simply did not understand or agree with that part of nature? Sadly, our religious texts have been used to discriminate against a vast assortment of people, including, tribes, minorities and foreigners. People outside of a religion"s belief structure or cultural background have been tortured, enslaved and stripped of their human rights " all in the name of a god and the religion that god represents. Religion gives followers justification for treating others who are not like them in inhumane ways. It enables our world to perpetuate the cycles of hatred towards others and justify our efforts in restricting the happiness of our fellow human beings. -------------------------------------- This is me backwardseden saying this... The above article is 100% correct especially from a christian perspective which is NOT a surprise! Take Leviticus 20:13 as an example... "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." KJV "If a man practices homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman, both men have committed a detestable act. They must both be put to death, for they are guilty of a capital offense." NLT Notice the very big difference between the two verses? One mentions "homosexuality", and the other doesn't. Now the word "homosexuality" was not inserted into the bible until 1946. Regardless of what year it was inserted, who gave the right to this sweaty piece of rear end wipe to change the bible to the interpreters liking? And or any interpreter to change anything at anytime to suit their wants, needs and desires? Well so-called many christians interpret how they feel like and don't give a damn about truth at all as they invent their own truth to suit their wants, needs and desires. Even worse are those who compose the translations and they change the speech of their god(s). Who gives these people these rights? That's one of the main reason why the god of the bible would ---never--- choose text as a form of communication, the worst form of communication possible. Are you kidding? god, with his superior ego god complex, in which the bible is all about and nothing else, loves what he originally has said to be changed by some moron? Regardless of those fallacies, christ never stated one damn word about being gay nor transgender. Yet strangely christians and only christians like packs of wolves and the whooping cough are against being gay/ transgender. And they also have the $$$$$ to back them. Otherwise being gay/ transgender here in this country would fizzle like a used hamburger of pure blackened ash and those who are gay/ transgender would be able to live their lives as they see fit. And the other thing is, is there's no reason "why" christians hate gays/ transgenders in their greasy hate filled bible"s or in person other than it is what it is. Yeah. Talk about being totally 100% immoral and fickle. But then again, that's exactly what christianity and god is as god is based on hate as he hates children. Ah yes, being gay is an outlet for christians to either hate, or learn to hate and they love it in return, just as their god wants. Rules: Give the "why" gays should be stoned to death and also the "why" gays should be looked down upon. dsjpk5 will not be allowed to vote in the voting process.