Let me explain where I'm coming from in my writing.
Organized religion worked good 200 or maybe 500 years ago, but I really
don't see a need for it today. We fight wars over religion and even kill
people that speak out against organized religion. Religions and
governments all over the world control people through fear and pleasure.
I'm tired of people fighting and killing all over the world in the name
of some religion. I once heard an Iranian man, through a translator, on
our local news say, "if he dies in the name of Allah, he gets to go to
heaven." I don't know if I want to be signed up for that program but
obviously he believes in it enough and is willing to die for what he
believes in, right or wrong. Some people view this man is evil while
others view him as a hero, how do you think you would do this person?
What the Romans did to people 2000 years ago is what I would consider a
very bad. Was the devil actually providing an evil influence for Roman
leaders back then. I've never heard anyone mention that but they did
kill Jesus of Nazareth and he seemed like a pretty good person.
If Jesus would have kept his mouth shut, he could have lived to a ripe
old age. He chose not to, because he believed in his cause. Some Jews
believe that he was under the influence of evil, that's hard to imagine.
He believed that some of the ideas and teaching of the Romans and Jews
were wrong and he was going to make them better. These leaders were
afraid of change and decided to eliminate what they view as they evil
problem.
I started writing to influence and educate people in a positive way. I
really don't want to upset religious followers, but I would like them to
understand, a little more about their religion. What causes people to
kill others in the name of their god? Is that evil or an evil influence
from other religion's of the world.
I would imagine most of these people choose to accept words from their
religious leaders as facts and will never question their faith. If
religious followers could understand other religions, maybe they
wouldn't persecute them or try to convert them into their own beliefs.
My influence will affect others and will provoke them to think and when
they start thinking, this is when I've made a positive influence in a
constructive way. If someone starts to think about their religion and it
gives them stronger feelings and deeper beliefs, maybe they can answer
some of my questions, instead of avoiding them with spiritual scripture
or faith. |