Do you know the difference between an atheist and a Christian? An atheist considers people of other faiths to be equal, but a Christian considers people of other faiths to be inferior – as those who cannot be saved, will be damned and go to hell. Christians consider esotericism to be something that is contrary to the first commandment, they consider esotericism to be something against God, often conservative Christians compare esotericism to occultism (something related to the devil) and slowly even to Satanism. A message to people with esoteric beliefs: While you "esotericists" consider Christians to be equal, Christians consider you to be inferior.
There is a big gap between practicing Christians and non-religious people. This is true in Slovakia, but it is especially true in the Czech Republic. A large part of the visitors to this site come from the Czech Republic, so this article will be particularly beneficial for our neighbors.
Christians also consider atheists to be inferior.
It should be noted that religious and non-religious people have very different ways of thinking. Many non-religious people are often quite tolerant of religion because they do not know Christianity well enough – they only know all the positive aspects of Christianity, but they do not know the very foundation of Christianity as such. Non-religious people are ignorant of extremely absurd religious dogmas and therefore often consider religion to be something good and beneficial. I discuss absurd religious dogmas in more detail in other articles on this website.
First of all, it is necessary to realize that Christians live in their own world, in a world where other laws apply, in a world they have created themselves with different laws and rules. Christians, the Christian community, live in a kind of bubble , isolated from others. Christians consider all absurd religious dogmas to be as authentic a truth as the truth that 1+1=2. Christians consider all insane religious church dogmas (e.g., salvation by Jesus' blood, the Divine Trinity in three Divine persons, the prohibition of contraception, or the infallibility of the Pope ) to be as self-evident and authentic a truth as true science, physical laws, gravity, etc. Just as certainly no one doubts that 1+1=2 and takes it as a complete matter of course, so too in the Christian religious community, all religious dogmas are considered authentic truth. In the religious community, all religious dogmas are perceived as pure truth and a complete matter of course, and no one reflects on whether it could possibly be otherwise.
From a shamanic point of view, this can be explained by the fact that a religious person becomes a victim of an egregore, more here Egregores – the basis of religion – a collective manipulative thought field
Discussion with religious people . Discussion with religiously fanatical people is meaningless. To dissuade a religious fanatic from religion is the same as trying to dissuade someone from the fact that 1+1=2 and that some other result is correct. For a Christian, religious dogma is an immutable and 100% authentic truth that is not up for discussion. A religious fanatic is unable to re-evaluate or consider whether the truth might not be something other than what the church teaches. When I discuss Christianity with religious fanatics (who are not so few in percentage terms), they are always very irritated, sometimes even aggressive, and very sad and unhappy when I tell them an unpleasant truth about religious dogmas. However, despite this, they are not even able to theoretically consider whether the truth could be something other than what the church or religious dogmas say. Declaring religious fanaticism a psychiatric diagnosis would probably be very reasonable: another 5% of people in Slovakia would be officially recognized as mentally ill.
I also highly recommend this article for understanding the mindset of a religious person . Proposal for the establishment of an organization helping victims of Christian communities **************************************************************************
It should be noted that religious and non-religious people have very different ways of thinking. Many non-religious people are often quite tolerant of religion because they do not know Christianity well enough – they only know all the positive aspects of Christianity, but they do not know the very foundation of Christianity as such. Non-religious people are ignorant of extremely absurd religious dogmas and therefore often consider religion to be something good and beneficial. I discuss absurd religious dogmas in more detail in other articles on this website.
First of all, it is necessary to realize that Christians live in their own world, in a world where other laws apply, in a world they have created themselves with different laws and rules. Christians, the Christian community, live in a kind of bubble , isolated from others. Christians consider all absurd religious dogmas to be as authentic a truth as the truth that 1+1=2. Christians consider all insane religious church dogmas (e.g., salvation by Jesus' blood, the Divine Trinity in three Divine persons, the prohibition of contraception, or the infallibility of the Pope ) to be as self-evident and authentic a truth as true science, physical laws, gravity, etc. Just as certainly no one doubts that 1+1=2 and takes it as a complete matter of course, so too in the Christian religious community, all religious dogmas are considered authentic truth. In the religious community, all religious dogmas are perceived as pure truth and a complete matter of course, and no one reflects on whether it could possibly be otherwise.
From a shamanic point of view, this can be explained by the fact that a religious person becomes a victim of an egregore, more here Egregores – the basis of religion – a collective manipulative thought field
Discussion with religious people . Discussion with religiously fanatical people is meaningless. To dissuade a religious fanatic from religion is the same as trying to dissuade someone from the fact that 1+1=2 and that some other result is correct. For a Christian, religious dogma is an immutable and 100% authentic truth that is not up for discussion. A religious fanatic is unable to re-evaluate or consider whether the truth might not be something other than what the church teaches. When I discuss Christianity with religious fanatics (who are not so few in percentage terms), they are always very irritated, sometimes even aggressive, and very sad and unhappy when I tell them an unpleasant truth about religious dogmas. However, despite this, they are not even able to theoretically consider whether the truth could be something other than what the church or religious dogmas say. Declaring religious fanaticism a psychiatric diagnosis would probably be very reasonable: another 5% of people in Slovakia would be officially recognized as mentally ill.
I also highly recommend this article for understanding the mindset of a religious person . Proposal for the establishment of an organization helping victims of Christian communities **************************************************************************
Fanatical religious communities (many of which are officially affiliated with the Catholic Church ) try to accept gullible young people or even children as their members. A young person becomes a victim of a religious community without understanding and knowing how crazy and absurd the essence of religion as such is. If a young person knew the essence of religion, they would avoid religion from afar. It is easy to enter a religious community and become its victim, but it is not always easy to leave it.
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How can the basis of the Christian religious faith be defined? What is it all about? Religion means believing. A religious person considers absurd religious dogmas to be as true as the fact that gravity exists, or that 1+1=2. Just as a Catholic believes that 1+1=2, they have no doubt that if they used contraception, they would go to hell for it.