I return the discussion to the former topic before it was changed - cults. I really enjoy documentaries from people who were inside cult and left and gave us insight how it was there. I see there lot of parallel when my mother tried to bring me up in religion. Thanks fuckin god she didnt succeed. All the cults are about the same - it's about power and controlling. Ordinary members genuinely believe they are doing good work because they were either brainwashed or grew up with it from infant childhood and do not know anything else. Moreover cult gives people higher purpose (although this is always fake purpose sold as real) and therefore ordinary members feel emancipated, they feel like they are worth something, they are helping others, saving others, they matter. This can be very appealing for the lost souls without any purpose in life. Until they wake up (maybe) one day and realize that it was all just fake, bulshit, mean to control people, have money and power. Good things to watch understand this are: 1. this ted talk https://www.ted.com/talks/megan_phe...the_westboro_baptist_church_here_s_why_i_left 2. recent TV series Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
Husband: *opens door* Wife: “Honey, who is it?” Husband: “it’s those damned Poseidon’s Porpoises again!” Wife: “I’ll get the harpoon.”
See, i know that religion is important. It is said in torah that semen in vain is the greatest sin ever commited. I really like such statements and i respect it utmost. I just wanted to say that all the religions must have a connection and must cooperate each other. Why can't a christian go to a temple and why can't a muslim go to a church!! Why is their so much self supremacy for their own religion!! We know one thing that all religions are same and God is one who has created a muslim a hindu a christian a buddhist. Instead of preaching common thoughts on human welfare, these so called religious people are trying to seperate everybody. I respect all the good thoughts shared in every religion and try to live by that, but i hate this ideology that seperates one human from another.
Religion is fascinating. It's like the story of humanities attempts to understand the universe. But also the rules of personal conduct that allowed humans to form civilisation. I think you can learn a great deal about the human experience analysing and learning about different religions, even if you are not a believer yourself.