Fear of Atheism

Organized Religion, has the added thing of having a building and the expense that goes with that

But that surely isn't your "beef" with conflating one with the other is it?

Most people who complain about "organized religion" seem to be complaining about a belief system that is not to their liking. I think most people worship a God of their own making for the most part.

That's why some dislike "organized religion" because it creates a God that has definite features and since there's no way to prove even that God exists let alone what specific features he has it rankles many believers to think someone ELSE could dictate to them what God is like.

The real power of God is that He always believes exactly as we do and He always wants the exact same things we do. The same cannot be said for a God who is shared by many different people.
 
Organized Religion, has the added thing of having a building and the expense that goes with that
Oddly enough, that's not necessarily true. Organized religions don't require a building (although many of them have them).
The believers are willing to construct such a building and pay for it.
 
But that surely isn't your "beef" with conflating one with the other is it?

Most people who complain about "organized religion" seem to be complaining about a belief system that is not to their liking. I think most people worship a God of their own making for the most part.

That's why some dislike "organized religion" because it creates a God that has definite features and since there's no way to prove even that God exists let alone what specific features he has it rankles many believers to think someone ELSE could dictate to them what God is like.

The real power of God is that He always believes exactly as we do and He always wants the exact same things we do. The same cannot be said for a God who is shared by many different people.
If you don't believe God exists, why go to Church!
 
Nothing moral about the Holocaust
Even if the Nazis won the war, and Nazi propaganda convinced 98 percent of people that Jews were an existential threat to national security and to the gene pool, genocide would still be wrong for all time and all places.

That is precisely why the Nuremberg trials invoked objective morality.
 
Depends on who you ask. Nazis believed that the Holocaust was perfectly moral.
The allied forces were horrified to discover what the Nazis had been doing. They had different morals.
I'm sure you agree with the Nazis
Depends on who you ask. Nazis believed that the Holocaust was perfectly moral.
The allied forces were horrified to discover what the Nazis had been doing. They had different morals.
 
But that surely isn't your "beef" with conflating one with the other is it?

Most people who complain about "organized religion" seem to be complaining about a belief system that is not to their liking. I think most people worship a God of their own making for the most part.

That's why some dislike "organized religion" because it creates a God that has definite features and since there's no way to prove even that God exists let alone what specific features he has it rankles many believers to think someone ELSE could dictate to them what God is like.

The real power of God is that He always believes exactly as we do and He always wants the exact same things we do. The same cannot be said for a God who is shared by many different people.
So...you say you can't describe God, and then go and describe God in detail.

Which is it, dude???
 
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