12 Really Bad Religious Ideas That Have Made the World Worse (bible, worship)

[InsaneInDaMembrane]

"If war can be holy, anything goes."

Religion

[nateswift]

A good list. Each item may well be worth a thread on its own. Hafta think about that

[Freak80]

Thanks for posting that. I agree that all 12 are a scourge on humanity.

[LuminousTruth]

I find I dislike the last one the most: Bibliolatry of the Quran, Hadith, Christian writings, Rig Veda, Tripitaka etc.

ideas of Blood Sacrifice, Heretics, and Blasphemy are on my top too.

[TroutDude]

A good list of terrible concepts.

[mordant]

I have no problem with any of the listed concepts being every bit as bad as the author asserts.

[mordant]

Originally Posted by LuminousTruth

I find I dislike the last one the most: Bibliolatry of the Quran, Hadith, Christian writings, Rig Veda, Tripitaka etc.

I'm curious why you dislike it, particularly if you understand "book worship" as the charge, not some issue with the books themselves. I have no more problem with the Bible or Quran than with any other book; the problem is the special pleading for the reasoning and guidance in those books, and the elevation of their supposed immutability and depiction of capital-T Truth to a dogmatic belief.

[nateswift]

Originally Posted by mordant

I'm curious why you dislike it, particularly if you understand "book worship" as the charge, not some issue with the books themselves. I have no more problem with the Bible or Quran than with any other book; the problem is the special pleading for the reasoning and guidance in those books, and the elevation of their supposed immutability and depiction of capital-T Truth to a dogmatic belief.

That would be defined as "bibliolatry."

[Freak80]

Originally Posted by nateswift

That would be defined as "bibliolatry."

I was never taught to idolize or worship the bible, even growing up in a biblical literalist denomination. I was taught that it was a direct hotline to god's brain.

[InsaneInDaMembrane]

Originally Posted by Freak80

I was never taught to idolize or worship the bible, even growing up in a biblical literalist denomination. I was taught that it was a direct hotline to god's brain.

Same here, but it is what it essentially amounted to, no? I mean, when I bought me my first Thompson's Chain Reference Bible (you were NOT a serious Christian unless you had one), I had a near organism. The smell, the feel, the idea that I was 17 steps closer to the lord.