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Originally Posted by Snowball7
Oh, so it's all about yourself.. once again, Freudian projectionist psychology rears its ugly head.
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Well, there is more grounded truth in Freud than there is in religion.
Consider the following: When a person says "God wants me to do this?" are they not just justifying that which they choose to do anyway ? Why else would someone feel a need to explain one's behavior?
Then again, I am certain that if some 20 something wanted to marry Charles Manson, then someone would say "Oh it is god's will" whatever god it may be
Consider the following: All evidence points to hallucinations and an altered sense of reality as the impetus for hearing from deities. No evidence at all exists that there is actually a god talking to someone. If you want proof, then go visit a mental institution, and talk to and observe the residents there. You will see the correlation between "god's voice" and various illnesses classified in the DSM-V.
Consider the following: The god of the old testament is nothing but a super human with a ego problem. He is not perfect, he makes mistakes that he has to destroy and rebuild. He is a racist, creating all humans then encouraging genocide from one group to another. He cannot defeat his enemy, and in spite of his powers of creation, he cannot even cure disease among his followers. he even forbade those who are deformed or disabled from serving as priests in his temple, lest people see his inability to work supposed miracles.
In the New testament, he has to sacrifice himself to himself in order to change some law he supposedly made to begin with. He is not omnipotent, he is not omniscient. He has all the flaws of the Greek and Egyptian pantheon, jealousy, ineptitude and apathy. What great god is that? The God of the Bible is many things, but Love is not one of them, regardless of what a few distorted individuals may have claimed.
So why would a person who follows an imperfect, flawed god, not be wallowing in imperfection and self loathing. Especially if they think of their god as perfect? If they think that this god is perfect, then yes, they are on the wrong track to enlightenment and self actualization.
The fundys/evangelicals prey on these types, for anyone who can be convinced of their utter failure as a human, and a need to be redeemed which can be only rectified through their religion, is a victim waiting to happen.
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with others' religious beliefs says more about them than about believers.
