
Originally Posted by
rukus
well your question hits the nail on the head. i mostly dislike the people who take advantage of their positions in whatever organized religion they run or use their organized religion to affect others who would ordinarily be uninvolved. i am not sure how you would have organized religion without some form of human leadership, and unfortunately i think human nature just gets the most of these people. don't get me wrong, there have been some great, innocent, VERY VALUABLE leaders of all the various organized religions who have contributed to this world. but i dont think they are the majority.
additionally, the mere forming of something organized leads various groups within a given religion to fight with each other. i mean in my opinion that is just plain ridiculous. jews fighting jews, christians fighting christians, muslims fighting muslims. all to gain more power, influence, and yes money to feed their miniature sub-organizations. im disgusted with all this infighting and no longer label myself as any one of these subtypes, ie orthodox jew or protestant. people should just just be jewish, or they should just be christian, or they should be muslim. anyway, all this (and maybe my laziness!) has led me to some practicing of a more personal religion, with a personal G-d and a direct connection to him, something between the big guy and myself and something i dont push on others. but thats just me.
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