Delta4Embassy
Gold Member
Ancient Greek religions didn't even differentiate between gay and straight relationships. Sex was sex. Wasn't until Judaism and Christianity came along that religion became synonymous with anti-humanism, repression and suppression, and cruelty.
One of the things we see in cults is the leader controlling who gets to have sex with whom. And mainstream religions do it too but on a much larger scale. And as if that weren't bad enough, often times religions try to dictate to the whole of humanity. Used to be there were many reliigons happily co-existing side by side. Think of the old period movies where preachers stood in the market aspousing their beliefs many at a time. Or the temple district or section of a city where temples of vastly different beliefs were lined up one after another. Those days are long gone.
Nowadays, by design I think, churches and temples and mosques are in semi-exclusive areas far removed from the sight of one another as if to indicate they exist all by themselves. And their way is the only way (as opposed to being in proximity of one another which would indicate their's is just one among many ways.)
So-called 'mainstream religions' today have more in common with small destructive cults than they do with anything good and positive. Religion used to enhance life, not diminish it. Religions used to acknowledge they're one amongst many just like people. Religions used to be something we enjoyed and had fun participating in. But now religions are a burden. When someone starts talking about God, most of us walk away. We remember what religion was supposed to be about, yet cringe when ever someone starts talking in the name of God as if they're somehow authorized to do so. If not about money, it's about social control. It's like having another government trying to control our daily life. And considering how most of us resent government having too much control over us, that we tolerate it from religion is surprising.
One of the things we see in cults is the leader controlling who gets to have sex with whom. And mainstream religions do it too but on a much larger scale. And as if that weren't bad enough, often times religions try to dictate to the whole of humanity. Used to be there were many reliigons happily co-existing side by side. Think of the old period movies where preachers stood in the market aspousing their beliefs many at a time. Or the temple district or section of a city where temples of vastly different beliefs were lined up one after another. Those days are long gone.
Nowadays, by design I think, churches and temples and mosques are in semi-exclusive areas far removed from the sight of one another as if to indicate they exist all by themselves. And their way is the only way (as opposed to being in proximity of one another which would indicate their's is just one among many ways.)
So-called 'mainstream religions' today have more in common with small destructive cults than they do with anything good and positive. Religion used to enhance life, not diminish it. Religions used to acknowledge they're one amongst many just like people. Religions used to be something we enjoyed and had fun participating in. But now religions are a burden. When someone starts talking about God, most of us walk away. We remember what religion was supposed to be about, yet cringe when ever someone starts talking in the name of God as if they're somehow authorized to do so. If not about money, it's about social control. It's like having another government trying to control our daily life. And considering how most of us resent government having too much control over us, that we tolerate it from religion is surprising.
