RamaRaksha
Active Member
Hmm, I'm not sure i agree with you there. I've seen political discussions get pretty explosive leaving all parties offended.
I'm going to suggest that you're running into problems because of the way you phrase things. Telling people that they have zero facts, nothing to fall back on and that they've been brainwashed isn't a good way to approach a subject. It immediately puts people on the defensive. If you feel that no religion has anything to do with facts and that they're all solely about belief, why not try discussing what people believe and why? They may have no facts in your opinion, but their reasons for belief might just extend beyond brainwashing.
Good post
yes political discussions can get heated but my point is that the discussions start with facts - people can use them to make a point - there are none in religion
As for brainwashing - it took me some to come to embrace this word - for i see way too many things that are unsaid and that too by bright, educated people
1. See a guy who threatens to kill his kids, you call the cops - put him in a religious book and suddenly the "great man" was ready to obey his God
2. When ISIS started separating christians and torturing and killing them, almost every letter writer and columnist called them evil - the very same people can't see anything wrong with Atheists, Hindus and Buddhists being set apart and thrown into hell - tortured and killed for their religion
3. I have an african-american co-worker who i thought was my friend - had no problem telling me i was going to hell - same guy would raise hell if he was discriminated because of the color of his skin - no problem in preaching why people should not be judged by the color of their skin, yet can't see anything wrong with his discrimination
4. So many muslims here in the US protesting discrimination - yet go back to their own countries - will turn around and think nothing of putting down non-muslims