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The troublesome mix: religion and politics : Comments
By Noel Preston, published 22/11/2006Can the common good prevail over self-interest and the desire for personal gain?
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Posted by West, Wednesday, 20 December 2006 9:24:22 AM
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Glorybound I thank you for pointing out the destructive nature of worshipping Jesus as you demonstrate Christian ideology desires violence against peaceful secular nations.
Prophesising destruction of Australia because it is secular is a threat of violence against Australia because prophesising is egging on fellow Christians to carry it though. There is no Christ and therefore no anti Christ, there is no Satan other than psychotic delusion.
Prophesising destruction of Australia because its people are secular is a hate based threat.
The reason is because you are immature and a bad sport. I will use the example of soccer hooliganism as essentially you are demonstrating Christian hooliganism.
Soccer is a game. Soccer is not magic. If soccer did not exist the world would not be worst off. Christianity too is a game, is not magic and the world would not be worst of if it Christianity did not exist (evidence of history points to the world being a better place if Christianity did not exist).
Soccer in its intrinsic existence is a man competing to kick a ball through a rectangular space. Christianity in its intrinsic nature is people believing in a book and following rituals and worshipping idols of the imagination and of wood, stone or plastic.
In their intrinsic existence both soccer and Christianity are games of benign frivolity. Some people take the game too far. A team may lose the game and a fan chooses to be affected. God does not exist and a Christian chooses to be affected blaming other people’s denial of superstition for the absence of god. The soccer fan becomes violent at his perceived (as opposed to physical) loss. The Christian (and Muslim, re-suicide bombers) also becomes violent over his perceived loss (as opposed to physical loss).
In reality there is no loss other than the fan or worshipper loosing their mind over a self chosen hysteria.