Mars, You can call them fundamentalists if you want to, but I consider them to be radicals. They seem to have forgotten that "moderation in all things" is the right path to walk. For years, I was guilty of straying far from that path, myself, but all that has changed.
Love, compassion, and tolerance, are the best ways to associate with ones' fellow man, but as you said, those traits are difficult to maintain. Even Jesus stressed the need for all humans to love each other, and regardless of what brian might spew from his mouth, the fact that God loves us, is a universal belief. Regardless of the name one may use for the Supreme Being that, in his own way, caused the universe to appear, and grow, as it is still doing.
I believe that there must be such a supreme being, because something cannot come from nothing. Some massive power source had to be involved. Even if one believes in the "big bang" theory, some power had to provide the elements from some where, and the ignition source that caused the explosion.
The Christian, and all other faiths, have had periods of severe inhumanity toward men. I think that they lost track of what their religions' called for. How one worships the supreme being, except for sacrifices, is OK with me. Christians have a book that sets down a code of rules on how to worship, but even that has been tarnished, and falsely expanded, by human intervention. Most of the other religions have their book too. Can anyone be, absolutely, positive which of these guide books is totally accurate? Since they were all written be mere human beings, I submit that none of them are 100%. |
