Religious Hatred and Bigotry: Would A Loving God Do This To Us?

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(ThyBlackMan.com) Many people who profess to be “of faith” are involved in religion for the wrong reasons. They’re not about love; they’re about hating everybody who don’t think exactly like they do. They use religion to justify their bigotry, as a “God-approved” reason to hate everybody who’s not on “their team,” or who is different from themselves.
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In fact, religion FUELS every other form of bigotry there is. If you look at ANY form of bigotry, you’ll find religion at its root. As we saw in Paris, France, ORGANIZED religion is the most prolific instigator of hatred in the world. Think about the irony of a military Chaplain – “Dear Lord, please help us to kill more of them than they do us. Amen.”
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Would God bestow such malevolent force of hatred upon man. I don’t think so. When God created human beings, we weren’t created to require either a “User’s Guide,” soothsayers, or other “anointed” men to tell us how to conduct our lives. We were given individual intellect and a conscience to help us navigate our way through life. As I’ve pointed out many times before, when my neighbor is at work and his beautiful young wife comes out in the yard and flash her beautiful smile in my direction, I don’t need a book or a preacher to tell me what’s appropriate conduct and what’s not. The minute my mind goes astray, I can hear God’s voice – “Now, Eric, you know what you’re thinking is not right, so just wave, go in the house, and take a cold shower.” And in response, I do so.
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And if you look at nature, even a dog will look over his shoulder before he steals a chicken wing off a table. So even he has a sense of right and wrong. In addition, Whales and other aquatic animals have an innate sense of when to migrate to other waters and where to go to spawn. And migratory birds don’t need a calendar and compass to know when to fly South, and in which direction it lies. It was built into their DNA, and the same is true of man.

Man was created with an innate sense of spirituality, and a knowledge of how he should live his life. The problem is, man is in transition. We were created to grow into much more enlightened beings, but at this point in our development the animalistic emotions triggered by our still very active brain stem, are in direct conflict with our higher cognitive sense of self and the world around us. As a result, instead of using our growing cognition to seek enlightenment, many of us direct our intellectual energy toward satisfying our more basic, and animalistic needs, or the seven deadly sins –

Wrath, Greed, Sloth, Pride, Lust, Envy, and Gluttony.
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That’s where organized religion comes in. It reflects man’s attempt to control the minds of other men in order to more efficiently pursue his baser needs. They promote wrath among their fellow men through the use of creed, to promote their greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony. And while I don’t intend to become blatantly political here, I’d be remiss by not pointing out that every one of those “deadly sins” are uniquely characterized by the Religious Right and the GOP.
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But of course, not all people of faith are bad. I know wonderful people of many faiths, but they’re generally the ones who are more spiritual than dogmatic. But many of these Bible-thumpin’, Amen-Corner kind of people better HOPE that Hell’s a myth, because if it’s real, God’s going to be dumpin’ them in there by the church-loads.
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If Americans truly believe in the Bible, they should demonstrate that fact by reading and adhering to ALL of the Bible, and not just those parts that they find convenient. Because it seems to me that just about every church in America has missed the part below:

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“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. When you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward . . .”
Matthew 6:1-34

Staff Writer; Eric L. Wattree

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Marque-Anthony says:

February 15, 2015 at 3:58 am

Man was created as a living soul, But even if man was created with an innate sense of spirituality, Adam caused man to fall from that image. Thus all men would be born in sin, carnal minded and with their spirits asleep until they were quickened.

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jDean says:

January 12, 2015 at 6:49 pm

Great article. Its about time someone put these hypocrates in their proper context. Arthur Jones III will be mad at you. But who cares, the worst of it all is that most of these peachers know that Jesus is a myth made by the conquerer to trick, shame, and make black subservant and wait for the next life to get what’s rightfully theirs. Thats what makes these preachers even worst slime than the corner drug dealer. The drug dealer is just trying to feed himself and his family. The preachers know that they are telling mostly lies in judgment. In this information age , alot of young people are waking up to religious bible beaters. The ignorant will always be ignorant. The ignorant are gold mines for preachers to make a living even though they know what they say is B.S. We need to take some of these gay preachers out and whoop em in my opinion. These Eddie Long punks have no right to lead our communities. Kudos my friend . Kudos on this article. I love it.

Peerless Perception says:

January 8, 2015 at 5:55 pm

Haile Selassie I

“The temple of the most high begins with the body which houses our life, the essence of our existence. Africans are in bondage today because they approach spirituality through religion provided by foreign invaders and conquerors. We must stop confusing religion and spirituality. Religion is a set of rules, regulations and rituals created by humans, which was supposed to help people grow spiritually. Due to human imperfection religion has become corrupt, political, divisive and a tool for power struggle. Spirituality is not theology or ideology. It is simply a way of life, pure and original as was given by the Most High of Creation. Spirituality is a network linking us to the Most High, the universe, and each other.”