[Liminal Chris]

Padmoc:

I don't see how this shows organized religion as being absolutely necessary. Perhaps you could enlighten me.

Do you not think Human being aren't intelligent and sophisticated enough to figure it out without the aid of organized religion?


"The man who holds the divine theory of life recognizes life not in his own individuality, and not in societies of individualities (in the family, the clan, the nation, the tribe, or the government), but in the eternal undying source of life--in God; and to fulfill the will of God he is ready to sacrifice his individual and family and social welfare. The motor power of his life is love. And his religion is the worship in deed and in truth of the principle of the whole--God. "

It's comments like this that make me cringe.

Are we really talking about the same religion that has done such heinous things as run the crusades or outlaw homosexual marriage? Love being the motor power behind that? I wince when I read stuff like this. Why would god even require someone to sacrifice his or her individual self, falmily, or social welfare? Wouldn't God find it a crime to sacrifice oneself, and especially another person!?

I don't have a philosophical problem with the core message of religions. I have a problem with the perversion of their implementation. It's the organization in organized religion that makes them dangerous and against human growth.

So I ask again, why is organized religion SPECIFICALLY necessary?