Religion is like a Penis

[Moloch]

this type of comment is really destructive, everybody should respect every religion and belief, maybe someone cannot put faith on any religion or principle but they should not put any destructive comment or insult to any religion. I personally believe that every religion has some basement so we must respect religion...

What are you talking about?

It's a simple analogy about not preaching in public, or sexually molesting children

It's not insulting to any specific religion, unless you take offense to it

It really isn't insulting at all (except to catholic pedophile priests, butt fuck them)... it's not calling your religion a penis... it's simply saying don't wave it around in public like a dick

I assume you didn't even bother to read the OP?

[Moloch]

Being a religious Hindu, who had to flee his hometown to defend his religious views, I have to disagree with you. We take out religious processions in the public, as a message to the Christians that despite committing genocide against us, they can't force us to abandon our religion.

I honestly didn't realize groups of Christians are still committing genocide (other than USA bombing/invading countries)... I thought that ended with the dark ages, crusades, inquisition, witch hunts and slavery

How long ago did they attack your village?

Happened almost two decades back. My people are still living in refugee camps in inhumane conditions. They can go back to their villages only if they are ready to convert to Christianity. The biggest joke is that all this happening in a country which is having a Hindu majority. Check this:

https://www.hindujagruti.org/news/15525.html

That's sad... and recent

The Judeo-Christian religions are the worst when it comes to attacking other people... it happens hundreds of times in the bible

Jews, Christians, Muslims (the Judeo-Christian / Abrahamic religions) are very barbaric and warlike...

It started in the bible with the Jews leaving Egypt and finding the "promised land" aka "the land of milk and honey" (because there were cow and bee farmers there)

Well, the Israelites killed the people and took the land of milk and honey for themselves... then did the same to hundreds of more villages in the bible... and then the crusades, and dark ages, and inquisition, and witch hunts, and slavery, etc, etc, etc... and they never really stopped it seems

I wouldn't be surprised if India was "the land of milk and honey" from the bible... there have been cows in India for 3000+ years, right?

[joebrook]

For once i agree with you, No one should go around enforcing their beliefs on another person. Everyone's religious choice must be respected including those who have no religion whatsoever, we are all human beings.

[BADecker]

Women are wonderful. Many of them have way better personal and public religion than the OP. If I were a woman, I would totally boycott this thread.

[Sithara007]

That's sad... and recent

The Judeo-Christian religions are the worst when it comes to attacking other people... it happens hundreds of times in the bible

Jews, Christians, Muslims (the Judeo-Christian / Abrahamic religions) are very barbaric and warlike...

Here is the similarity between Islam and Christianity. What the ISIS is doing in Syria and Iraq, the same thing the Christians are doing in Northeast India. Both these religions are more like organized cartels, doing any sort of things to gain the maximum number of followers.

[darkangel]

Religion is like a penis: hard, scary, mushroom-like and fantastical, soft, weird, always coming for people, and in some cases long.

I think it's not good to compare. Religion in a particular category, what you are trying to compare is another. If you compare yourself, I find it really vulgar when you identify them together.

[Mometaskers]

At first the media was covering the incident. But then Muslim groups threatened them that every Muslim would boycott the media, unless they withdraw the story from their dailies and tv channels. The Muslim lobby is quite powerful around here, and so the media apologized to them and withdraw the news.

Ah, the Muslim lobby. This reminded me of a soap here in the Philippines. They've already released teasers of it, supposedly the title would be "Haram". Seems the story would revolve around the religious tensions in some parts of the country. The male lead is supposedly going to a Christian soldier while the woman is a Muslim. Not much details though about her background though but the actress playing the part is a Muslim herself.

The show never aired. No media releases, no explanation why it got dumped, nothing. Just hushed whispers that there where some who lobbied against it.

[joromz1226]

Completely agree with the OP. Nowaday.s, there is a lot of religious fanaticism around the world. Brainwashing is everywhere and the two major religions (Christianity and Islam) are fighting among themselves to convert the maximum number of people. There is religious intolerance everywhere.

yes, I agreed with you mate, and to some other religions it is insulting for them if they read this title
There are lots of religion beliefs brainwashing the mind of  individuals just for the sake to convince them to be part of their church. Which is very deceiving actually.

[SovPara]

Is there any religion that has no brainwashing?
Ego and testosterone and religious dogma are a dangerous mix.
What's the word for a libertarian spirituality?

Too bad so many people need external structures to define themselves by.

[BADecker]

That's sad... and recent

The Judeo-Christian religions are the worst when it comes to attacking other people... it happens hundreds of times in the bible

Jews, Christians, Muslims (the Judeo-Christian / Abrahamic religions) are very barbaric and warlike...

Here is the similarity between Islam and Christianity. What the ISIS is doing in Syria and Iraq, the same thing the Christians are doing in Northeast India. Both these religions are more like organized cartels, doing any sort of things to gain the maximum number of followers.

All people do good and bad. All people make mistakes. Here us where you are wrong.

In the Christian writings that are the foundation for Christianity - The New Testament - there is essentially no directive for the Christian to do violence. Christians that forward violence in the name of Christianity are very weak Christians in the least. Why? Because they are not doing what their religious writings tell them to do.

It is different with Islam. The Koran tells Muslims to do violence. See http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/quran/violence.aspx. ISIS is a group of the best Muslims around. Why? Because they are following Islam the way that it is written. This might not be the way that weak Muslims (Shiites and Sunnis) like. But it is the way that is written.

[merchantofzeny]

When I saw the title of the thread, I almost knew immediately what it'll be. I find it to be one of the most memorable quotes online, along with "Software is like sex: It's better when it's free.".  

Religion is like a penis: hard, scary, mushroom-like and fantastical, soft, weird, always coming for people, and in some cases long.

It's like a hallucinogenic mushroom - people can't get enough of it. They keep shoving it down their throats.

It's like an atomic mushroom. Looks nice from far away

I like that penis comparison. So true... I with my parents weren't religious freaks, always getting angry at me for not going to church.

Wow, that's a nice one! 

True, it's only amusing if you are not in the blast radius. But even then, fallout could still reach you. That's how powerful an effect it can have.

Completely agree with the OP. Nowaday.s, there is a lot of religious fanaticism around the world. Brainwashing is everywhere and the two major religions (Christianity and Islam) are fighting among themselves to convert the maximum number of people. There is religious intolerance everywhere.

yes, I agreed with you mate, and to some other religions it is insulting for them if they read this title
There are lots of religion beliefs brainwashing the mind of  individuals just for the sake to convince them to be part of their church. Which is very deceiving actually.

That's how religion thrive anyway. You pass it along your kids while they are still young that they wouldn't be able to think of life without it and everything they have built upon it - family, community, all the time and money...

[Vishnu.Reang]

That's sad... and recent

The Judeo-Christian religions are the worst when it comes to attacking other people... it happens hundreds of times in the bible

Jews, Christians, Muslims (the Judeo-Christian / Abrahamic religions) are very barbaric and warlike...

It started in the bible with the Jews leaving Egypt and finding the "promised land" aka "the land of milk and honey" (because there were cow and bee farmers there)

Well, the Israelites killed the people and took the land of milk and honey for themselves... then did the same to hundreds of more villages in the bible... and then the crusades, and dark ages, and inquisition, and witch hunts, and slavery, etc, etc, etc... and they never really stopped it seems

I wouldn't be surprised if India was "the land of milk and honey" from the bible... there have been cows in India for 3000+ years, right?

Those Christians who attacked my tribe were also recently converted (may be a 50-60 years back). Before that, they were also Hindus, followers of a religion which is more than 5,000 years old. Once they converted to Christianity, those who still followed their original religion became their enemies.

[BADecker]

That's sad... and recent

The Judeo-Christian religions are the worst when it comes to attacking other people... it happens hundreds of times in the bible

Jews, Christians, Muslims (the Judeo-Christian / Abrahamic religions) are very barbaric and warlike...

It started in the bible with the Jews leaving Egypt and finding the "promised land" aka "the land of milk and honey" (because there were cow and bee farmers there)

Well, the Israelites killed the people and took the land of milk and honey for themselves... then did the same to hundreds of more villages in the bible... and then the crusades, and dark ages, and inquisition, and witch hunts, and slavery, etc, etc, etc... and they never really stopped it seems

I wouldn't be surprised if India was "the land of milk and honey" from the bible... there have been cows in India for 3000+ years, right?

Those Christians who attacked my tribe were also recently converted (may be a 50-60 years back). Before that, they were also Hindus, followers of a religion which is more than 5,000 years old. Once they converted to Christianity, those who still followed their original religion became their enemies.

Conversion to Christianity is only the beginning. If they took time off to study the New Testament for 10 years, they would find that the only conquering we Christians do is through preaching. This does not mean that we won't fight for self-protection when necessary.

[Sithara007]

Conversion to Christianity is only the beginning. If they took time off to study the New Testament for 10 years, they would find that the only conquering we Christians do is through preaching. This does not mean that we won't fight for self-protection when necessary.

There is a famous quote by the famous Hindu preacher Swami Vivekananda. It goes like this: "And then every man going out of the Hindu pale is not only a man less, but an enemy more". He made this quote more than 100 years ago. But Hindus like me are realizing it's importance only now. The two Semitic religions (Islam and Christianity) has exploited the tolerant nature of Hinduism to convert hundreds of millions of poor people.

[merchantofzeny]

Conversion to Christianity is only the beginning. If they took time off to study the New Testament for 10 years, they would find that the only conquering we Christians do is through preaching. This does not mean that we won't fight for self-protection when necessary.

There is a famous quote by the famous Hindu preacher Swami Vivekananda. It goes like this: "And then every man going out of the Hindu pale is not only a man less, but an enemy more". He made this quote more than 100 years ago. But Hindus like me are realizing it's importance only now. The two Semitic religions (Islam and Christianity) has exploited the tolerant nature of Hinduism to convert hundreds of millions of poor people.

And, there we have it. All the responses here pretty much shows how divisive religion is. Just look at Vishnu.Reang's story. People insist that religion joins together mankind, forgetting that would only be possible with only one religion in charge, with only The One True Faith remaining. They forget how religion drives a wedge between people that otherwise would have no differences.

[Moloch]

Conversion to Christianity is only the beginning. If they took time off to study the New Testament for 10 years, they would find that the only conquering we Christians do is through preaching. This does not mean that we won't fight for self-protection when necessary.

There is a famous quote by the famous Hindu preacher Swami Vivekananda. It goes like this: "And then every man going out of the Hindu pale is not only a man less, but an enemy more". He made this quote more than 100 years ago. But Hindus like me are realizing it's importance only now. The two Semitic religions (Islam and Christianity) has exploited the tolerant nature of Hinduism to convert hundreds of millions of poor people.

And, there we have it. All the responses here pretty much shows how divisive religion is. Just look at Vishnu.Reang's story. People insist that religion joins together mankind, forgetting that would only be possible with only one religion in charge, with only The One True Faith remaining. They forget how religion drives a wedge between people that otherwise would have no differences.

Without religion, people might be working together to build houses and farms instead of building weapons to kill each other...

Not that I'm the first to say this... I prefer the words of my man John Lennon:

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people living life in peace

I hope someday you will join us and the world will live as one

[Babylon]

Conversion to Christianity is only the beginning. If they took time off to study the New Testament for 10 years, they would find that the only conquering we Christians do is through preaching. This does not mean that we won't fight for self-protection when necessary.

There is a famous quote by the famous Hindu preacher Swami Vivekananda. It goes like this: "And then every man going out of the Hindu pale is not only a man less, but an enemy more". He made this quote more than 100 years ago. But Hindus like me are realizing it's importance only now. The two Semitic religions (Islam and Christianity) has exploited the tolerant nature of Hinduism to convert hundreds of millions of poor people.

And, there we have it. All the responses here pretty much shows how divisive religion is. Just look at Vishnu.Reang's story. People insist that religion joins together mankind, forgetting that would only be possible with only one religion in charge, with only The One True Faith remaining. They forget how religion drives a wedge between people that otherwise would have no differences.

I guess somehow this is true, you can have your own religion it's part of your right as a free citizen. But don't shove
it into other people's face that your religion is better or righteous, don't just start talking about your religion
in public because most of them won't even care. They have their own choice too, same as you. So, if you have a religion,
just share it to those who are interested, don't insist that other people should have the same religion as you.

[BADecker]

I guess somehow this is true, you can have your own religion it's part of your right as a free citizen. But don't shove
it into other people's face that your religion is better or righteous, don't just start talking about your religion
in public because most of them won't even care. They have their own choice too, same as you. So, if you have a religion,
just share it to those who are interested, don't insist that other people should have the same religion as you.

That's ^^^ an interesting religion you are forcing into the faces of others.

In a forum like this one, you CAN'T force religion onto anybody. At worst, you might show it to them once or twice. Then they can hit the ignore button.

If you express your religion so simply, yet so well, that people are drawn to it, yet are convicted by it, it's their own stupid fault if they feel like you are forcing it down their throats/into their faces. If they don't want to get convicted, go somewhere else. Otherwise it is they themselves convicting themselves.

If ISIS captures you and says, "Become a Muslim or die," accept their religion or not. Your choice. If you believe what you claim to believe, stand up for it by dying. Otherwise, let them force their religion into your face or down your throat.

[Hhampuz]

This definitely made my day, lolz. And relax people, no need to get offended by a picture on a forum. To each their own but please let us have fun with and about each other. Keeps the wheels turning.

[Sithara007]

Without religion, people might be working together to build houses and farms instead of building weapons to kill each other...

Have to agree with you there. Most of the conflicts around the world right now are being fueled by religion. Even look at the past conflicts like the one in the former Yugoslavia. People belonging to the same ethnic and racial group were killing each other on the basis of religion.