The Voice of Religion.
- From: "Len Gaasenbeek" <gaasbeek@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 16:30:05 -0400
Since relativists preach their myth with religious verve, the 'Voice of
Religion' message below is equally applicable to them.
THE VOICE OF RELIGION.
I bought a striking 500(?) year old painting of the Holy Family depicting
Holy Mary with the Christ child standing on her right knee. From the right
top corner, Joseph is looking down while holding a book. From the left
lower corner, the child Saint John the Baptist, is looking up at Jesus.
I already owned a gilded, framed icon showing the same scene, except that
Joseph looks down from the top left and John the Baptist looks up from the
bottom right corner. The difference between the two is that, in the icon
Mary looks like a loving mother holding her son. Whereas in the older
larger painting, Mary looks adoringly at the Son of God, who she has given
birth to. The former is a human, whereas the latter a religious rendition.
I prefer the human icon to the religious painting in that it is real,
whereas the latter preaches the Christian myth. For humans to assert that
one of their women gave birth to the Son of God is presumptuous. Mankind
did not create God, God created mankind.
Any person, who claims to know what is on God's mind, is like a dog
saying/knowing what is on the mind of the human who bred him. A dog is not
human, no matter what its loving owner may think. This is why humans own
dogs, instead of the other way around. Nor can a dog declare that one of
its puppies is human.
This is also why most religions tend to be dangerous because their priests
claim to be spokesmen for God. This means that their followers should do as
they say, because humans must obey the will of God.
Throughout history, more atrocities have been (and still are) committed in
the name of religion than for any other reason. Because no matter what one
may say to a religious fanatic, he knows he is right, since he preaches God'
s will. Consequently, anyone who disagrees with him is a heretic, who must
be saved from, or punished for, his evil ways.
In other words, the most destructive force in the history of man is not the
iconoclastic scepticism of atheists, but the self-righteous voice of
religion.
Len Gaasenbeek, April 4th, 2007, Revised: April 6, 2007.
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