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Has religion brainwashed people?

Discussion in 'Religion & Spirituality' started by veronicah, Dec 12, 2018.

  1. veronicah

    veronicah New Member

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    lately people have been doing wonders in line of worship. Pastors have taken advantage over their faithful who are eagerly looking for many solutions to their problems.We have seen people taking chemicals that are harmful to their body, all because pastors have said the chemicals will wash their sins.Learned people have followed misleading doctrines that have seen many leave their jobs and even their families, some foregoing their academics to follow a doctrine.Many bowing to the scaring teachings of end of times.
     
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    Enzieeee New Member

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    I think it depends on a religion you are on, there's a religion i know of ( but im not a member of it) that is collective and profound in terms of being kind. They help, they preach about the word of god. Brainwashing religions only kicks in only if things that they teach are something that's misleading. You'll sense it actually.

    People disregards this subliminally because of desperation to get solutions to their problems. I wanna say this, please, please wake up, deepen your perspective. Your understanding, we're intellectual beings, don't get succumbed by the worldy problems. Take a step back and breath, then think calmly.
     
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    From a very critical standpoint, I think religion, especially Christianity and Islam, has been used to brainwash many people in the world today, especially people in Third World countries.

    For instance, many religious leaders in developing countries have used false teachings to hoodwink many an ingenuous person by way of tithing, unwarranted financial donations, offerings, etc. In Nigeria and in many African countries a good number of pastors are so wealthy that they have private jets, while their followers live in abject poverty. The socio-economic gap between religious leaders and their brainwashed members is like the distance between the heaven and the earth.

    More so, many Moslems have been so terribly brainwashed that they can no longer reason properly. There are instances of Moslems who have turned suicide bombers on grounds of an erroneous religious belief that if one, as Moslem, dies while trying to kill 'infidels', one will be duly rewarded in the paradise.

    Consequently, many people have been deceived and scammed through religion.
     
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    Yes it has. Religion has torn apart families and started wars. All this is because people take a book that was written over 2000 years ago, which is not even close to the original writings, and let it control their lives. Religion has done much more harm than good in society, and if you can't face that it proves that you are brainwashed.
     
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    Personally, I think religion has brainwashed people. I think religion was created to separate the human race and to cause drama within society.
     
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    It depends on the type of religion. Most terrorist organizations today are from a particular religious sect, whom have brainwashed it's members into doing evil and they see it as righteousness. A right thinking human being will never allow any religion brainwash him or her into doing any evil or unholy act.
     
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    There are examples of it. People specially from a specific religion being brainwashed. They had been taught to fight for religion falsely.

    As human beings, we are bound to believe on the teaching of our elders. From time to time we have been tought to be tolerate and help others when needed. But what if from childhood only, we are taught to be a fighter. A child needs to be taught humbleness not cruelness. When that child will grow up, he will be more of an extremist.
     
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    It's true that religious beliefs can lead people to do almost anything, but I don't think it's these beliefs per se that are responsible.

    Technological advancements gave us the MRI, smartphones, laptops, etc. but it also made us capable of producing the nuclear bomb, for example. It's clearly absurd to hold science responsible for some nuclear disaster. Similarly, religions can motivate people to do good/bad deeds and, usually, people are the problem.
     
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    If you grow up believing something, reading something, practising something, you have been brainwashed. If you ask a 5 year old if god is real, what will the five year old say? What he or she has been taught. One can only choose and think for themselves if one is given the chance to do so. If you are told heaven is for those who follow the teachings of god, and hell for those who defy god, you will be scared. If you are the only one to reject these ideas, you will be an outcast. Religion is a form of community, it is blatant indoctrination. If you do not wait until your child is old enough to make their own decisions, think critically and ask questions, you have brainwashed your child. That’s it. That is the truth that many parents will not accept. Because they too have been brainwashed. Just the thought of going to hell keeps them in line. A hell they’ve never seen, only heard about. It’s mad isn’t it? Blind faith.
     

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