People who are against science should not receive any medical treatments and not be allowed to buy anything that science produced.
Go back to the Bronze Age where you belong.
Church for a long period of time was against science. You think church and religion are bad?
Church and religion is one of the main causes of evil in humanity. Not only do they belong back to medieval times, but also was and still is one of the main causes of hatred and wars, which can be easily proved. Just take a quick look at crusades, or Jihad.
On top of that, religion often collides with science, and was frequently showed during the pandemic, where churches refused to wear masks or abide by the measures taken to tackle the pandemic.
The Christian gospel doesn't preach hate so can you elaborate on which specific faith, religion you are referring to so as not to generalise like the former commentators? TIA
I'm an atheist myself, religions themselves promote hate and was the cause of many wars. If we go by the bible, a lot of things that now are considered perfectly normal are condemned. Gay people are condemned, sex too, if it's not for reproducing purposes, or even divorces, while there are many extremists, but that's a phenomenon that can be seen in all religions. The God concept itself is very naive, too.
I don't like the whole concept of religion, God will punish you for your actions, or that a lot of people's morals are solely based on religion, not on simple logic on what's good or bad.
True Christians live by the New testament,The Gospel of Jesus Christ and nowhere in the Gospel does it preach hate towards anyone. In fact it commands those to love even their enemies and that the Almighty Living God requires mercy over sacrifice.
The only place Jesus uses rage is in driving the money lenders from the Temple and even Atheists and Bitcoiners couldn't disagree with him on that one
Healing the Leper (Jesus wasn't wearing a mask and gloves or any other PPE either)
When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy. Then Jesus said to him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” – Matthew 8:1-4
Because of the communicability of their disease, lepers have been considered outcasts in Jesus’ time. They lived separately and were seen as “unclean” and “untouchable”.
But Jesus, taking pity on the leper, healed him of his disease. He didn’t see the man as a leper but a human being who was sick and needed his help.
Through this, Jesus taught us that kindness should go beyond social stereotypes. We should look at where they’re coming from and understand their circumstances. Only then can we develop genuine compassion.
In the words of Mother Teresa, “If you judge people, you have no time to love them”.
Dining With a SinnerJesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was. But because he was short, he could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him since Jesus was coming that way.
When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”
But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”
Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” – Luke 19:1-10
Would you be willing to dine with an ex-convict, a known sinner? Most of us would have hesitated, while others would flat out say “no.”
Zacchaeus may not be a convicted criminal but in the eyes of the Jews, he might well be. In Jesus’ time, tax collectors would often abuse their powers to line their pockets with the people’s hard-earned money.
Yet, Jesus never hesitated to dine with him. He didn’t care if others will see him associating with a sinner. He didn’t care if people will hate him for it. That is the kind of kindness that the world needs today. (Related: 50 Acts of Kindness You Can Do Today)
We should stop seeing people for the wrongs they’ve committed. Instead, we should judge them on how they try to right those wrongs and turn their life around.
Preaching to the GentilesNow he had to go through Samaria. So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
“Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”
Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” – John 4:4-14
Xenophobia is one of the biggest problems the world has today. But this prejudice of foreigners has been going on even in Jesus’ time.
The Samaritan woman is a foreigner and in the eyes of a Jew, she’s a gentile. These two races don’t associate. In fact, it’s frowned upon to talk to a gentile.
Thus, by preaching to a Samaritan woman, Jesus broke societal boundaries and showed us that kindness is universal. We shouldn’t only be kind to those of our own race. Everybody deserves compassion regardless of their skin color or religious beliefs.
A glass stain illustration of Jesus talking to a Samaritan woman.
Showing Compassion to the SickAs Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
“Who touched me?” Jesus asked.
When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.”
But Jesus said, “Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.”
Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.” – Luke 8:40-48
In this story, Jesus could have reprimanded the woman for touching. But he didn’t. Since women didn’t have a lot of rights in those days, he could have “put her in her place.” Yet, he chose not to.
Instead, he called her daughter – a term of endearment. He understood her struggles and desperation, which led her to do what she did.
What do you think the woman felt at that moment? She was clearly scared as she was trembling. It’s possible that because of her illness, she wasn’t treated well by the people around her. But can you imagine the relief she felt when Jesus showed her kindness and compassion instead of reproach? How do you think this single act of kindness changed that woman’s life
Forgiving Those Who Hurt HimWhile he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him, but Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”
When Jesus’ followers saw what was going to happen, they said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?” And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.
But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him. – Luke 22:47-52
In spite of his imminent death, Jesus still found it in him to heal the man who arrested him. Even while hanging on the cross, he still managed to ask his father to spare the people who’ve hurt him because they don’t know what they are doing.
Forgiving those who’ve done us wrong is one of the greatest acts of kindness you can do – not only for others but for yourself too. You give your enemies the chance to redeem themselves and yourself the opportunity to heal.
A Woman Caught in Adultery Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them. As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd.
“Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery. The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?”
They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger. They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.
When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman. Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?”
“No, Lord,” she said.
And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.”
Your gripe my friend should be with secret societies who are ran like religions as it was the same pharisees and scribes who had the Son of the Living God crucified under Pontius Pilate's tenure.The adversaries of mankind are not of God's ways but of lofty ideals they have schemed for mankind. Take for instance a president being a member of a very well known society representing the ideals of the society over the wishes of his nations citizens. Sorry but your tyrants wear suits and are well cultured men.Your identity belongs to you as you are a unique individual lifeforce within a mortal vessel and is created to live forever without being condemned but your accusers plot to relegate you the rank of an animal. Make no mistake, the person trying to stop you enjoying playing with thieves and liars is not trying to spoil your fun but simply trying to keep your inheritance safe from their deceitful games.Your lifeforce fetches a price far greater than a lambo ;-)
