Mixing Guilt With Religion
Most religions claim to center around love and compassion. Some of these Gods can be extremely generous but they can also provide you with a lot of pain. The whole idea and basic concept of most religions, revolves around pain and pleasure.
The minute that you start to mix guilt with religion, you're starting to walk down a path, that you believe will provide you with a better life, but sometimes, it can lead some people to live a very destructive lifestyle. Whenever I hear the word guilt with religion, I often associated with pain.
How many people really belong to their religion of choice, because they know that it is a loving and compassionate religion? There isn't any doubt in their mind, that this religion is based on love and interested in helping other people to create a more joyous and wonderful life.
I understand, that there is plenty of love and compassion provided by plenty of religions all over the world, but my problem is the amount of guilt that some of them use to motivate their followers.
I have heard religious leaders make their followers feel guilty, because they're not doing enough for others within their religious community. Some of these religious leaders, referred to payments that will need to be made, before they can enter the kingdom of God. These payments are often financial burdens on some families and it doesn't seem to make a difference to the church leaders.
Think about this, the next time that you visit your church or listen to a sermon over the radio, is there anything that they're saying that might make you feel guilty or obligated to respond to a certain event.
The sad thing about guilt, is that it is used everywhere, by almost everyone on a daily basis. Large religious organizations aren't any different. If they need money, they can use guilt. If they need help, they can make people feel guilty. It doesn't get any simpler than that.
Don't forget, that you can always switch churches, if guilt starts to get a little out of hand.
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