Muddled thinking can have very serious consequences.
Every day we take decisions which affect us, people we know, and still more others whom we don’t know and will never meet.
Every decision has a ripple effect similar to that which we see when we throw a stone into a still pond.
Some decisions are harder than others and many of us seek a ‘compass’ or ‘guide book’ to help us.
The trouble is, if our ‘compass’, set of beliefs, or other decision making matrix is wrong, it can have severe consequences.
Take this example for instance:
Child rapist strikes again days after being let off because victim’s Christian family forgave him
I quote:
Judge Adrian Smith spared the 16-year-old jail after the first victim’s family apparently forgave the teenager because of their Christian faith.
Clearly, the Judge was too lenient and misguided, however he appears to have been influenced by the first victim’s family.
If this is true, and I don’t doubt that it is, this is a clear example of how faulty religious thinking has played a significant part in facilitating the abuse of a second victim.
How caring and thoughtful is that?
I think many will agree that it is muddled thinking, inspired by religious dogma.
Another interesting aspect to the case is that by definition, Christians are people claim to hear from God and have a personal relationship with Him. If so, why did they not hear God’s warning that this guy would, or was likely to, commit another awful crime? Do they need a spiritual hearing aid? What kind of relationship do they really have with God we wonder?
A fundamental thread underlying this problem is that there are large numbers of ‘Christians’ who have this spiritual hearing problem. These same people read the Bible and live their lives in part according to their interpretation of it. Note: their interpretation. Many claim to believe the literal interpretation of the Bible (which speaks of a personal relationship with God) yet demonstrate that they do not really hear from God (see one of my earlier articles for clear evidence of this on a large scale, concerning both lay folk and church leadership). These ‘Christians’ spout their interpretation of the Bible and take decisions such as in the article mentioned above. At times, as in this case, their actions cause severe harm to others.
Personally, I like the Bible. It is a source of great wisdom. Wisdom is the key word. Wisdom to know truth and right. With so many differing interpretations is it any surprise that so much harm has been caused down the centuries, and so many wars have been fought, in the name of Christianity? Only this week, I saw a member of an Australian NRL (sports) team, on national TV, claiming that God was on his team’s side!
You see, many of these so called ‘Christians’ appear to have severe deafness when it comes to hearing from God and from the way they behave, one finds it hard to believe they have a relationship with Him.
They seem to have a form of Godliness but deny the power thereof.
And some little boy has been abused (probably buggered up the arse) partly due to these religious people/Pharisees).
PS: Not all know the meaning of the word “Pharisee”. It means: A hypocritically self-righteous person. Jesus himself disliked them and hated their deeds.
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Great article and thanks for sharing here