tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post7238941071735412582..comments2024-01-24T04:59:45.518-05:00Comments on Jewish Atheist: An Inside View of ScientologyJewish Atheisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616617537150446818noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post-80240359373266540682016-09-25T22:48:12.777-04:002016-09-25T22:48:12.777-04:00Did you know you can create short urls with Shorte...Did you know you can create short urls with <b><a href="http://shortener.syntaxlinks.com/r/Shortest" rel="nofollow">Shortest</a></b> and <b>make dollars for every visitor to</b> your short urls.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post-65560061031848735442008-01-31T23:09:00.000-05:002008-01-31T23:09:00.000-05:00"Orthodox jews don't like gays but they would neve..."Orthodox jews don't like gays but they would never physically abuse them."<BR/><BR/>Except when one stabs a marcher in the Jerusalem gay pride parade, right?<BR/><BR/>Orthodox Jews will act on their bigotry towards gays in proportion with the amount of power they have. They have little, so they do nothing. Put them in charge and it'll be no different than any other anti-gay theocracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post-70712619896158594592008-01-31T16:09:00.000-05:002008-01-31T16:09:00.000-05:00Judaism is relatively harmless because its practic...Judaism is relatively harmless because its practice is not based on the literal word of the bible but on many centuries of rabbinical commentary and ammendments. The rabbis were always wise people and the moral level of rabbinic judaism is higher than that of the bible. Not to say that rabbinical judaism's ideas are true or correspond to reality but that they are benign and often beneficial. Orthodox jews don't like gays but they would never physically abuse them. Orthodox jews dislike gentiles but in sucha gentle way that it can be mistaken for love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post-15347220689604412008-01-27T09:25:00.000-05:002008-01-27T09:25:00.000-05:00Newsflash: Civilization is uncivilized.Newsflash: Civilization is uncivilized.Lawyer-Wearing-Yarmulkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09063110487242844894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post-56850864621200735582008-01-26T23:50:00.000-05:002008-01-26T23:50:00.000-05:00Community is good. Being proud of your history and...Community is good. Being proud of your history and heritage is good.<BR/><BR/>Getting your sense of meaning from a fantasy is not good. Teaching your children what is right and wrong based on the violent, hateful, racist mythology found in the Old Testament is not good. Judging your 2008 neighbor by the standards of the God of Abraham is backward, at best, and potentially brutal.<BR/><BR/>Perpetuating WAR based on who is "God's favorite" is why the world is such a dangerous place.<BR/><BR/>You make it sound like a purely intellectual exercise:<BR/><BR/>"All the head games just keep them from thinking about whether any of it is actually true or not."<BR/><BR/>But those "head games" have consequences. Those "head games" form world-views. Those "head games" are taught to new generations of children. Those "head games" lead to hatred of, and violence against, those who are different.<BR/><BR/>How do you feel about the sense of "community" that members of the KKK enjoyed several generations ago? The us-versus-them mentality found in religion has much in common with racism.<BR/><BR/>Religion distracts us from our commonality.<BR/>Religion is divisive and ugly.<BR/>Religion is uncivilized.Tigerboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794153016636051988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post-392760740324389782008-01-26T20:40:00.000-05:002008-01-26T20:40:00.000-05:00My thoughts that both Orthodox Judaism, Fundamenta...<I>My thoughts that both Orthodox Judaism, Fundamentalist Christianity, and Scientology all cater to people who are extremely sick people desperately seeking easy answer to resolve complex problems in their lives.</I><BR/><BR/>That's not my experience with Orthodox Jews. Mostly, they seem to be in it for the community and to have a sense of meaning. All the head games just keep them from thinking about whether any of it is actually true or not.Jewish Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04616617537150446818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post-76319608670712119552008-01-26T14:31:00.000-05:002008-01-26T14:31:00.000-05:00My thoughts that both Orthodox Judaism, Fundamenta...My thoughts that both Orthodox Judaism, Fundamentalist Christianity, and Scientology all cater to people who are extremely sick people desperately seeking easy answer to resolve complex problems in their lives. <BR/><BR/>Religion need not be dangerous and it need not lie, but it has no right to limit belief, suppress doubt, and punish those who think for themselves. No right. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately Scientologists want money and control so badly that if you try to leave, they will often sic their lawyers on you.Comrade Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393718048145784837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13054771.post-17195173433645231622008-01-25T16:48:00.000-05:002008-01-25T16:48:00.000-05:00It is not only Orthodox Jews who will recognize th...It is not only Orthodox Jews who will recognize the brainwashing tactics. It is any VICTIM of religion.<BR/><BR/>Scientologists, Catholics, Baptists . . . Jim Jones . . . . It is the easiest thing in the world to find a charlatan willing the oppress the foolish and weak-minded.<BR/><BR/>Religion is the most powerful and dangerous lie ever told.Tigerboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794153016636051988noreply@blogger.com