09-11-2003, 06:09 PM
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Extremism (the small circle containing the smaller terrorism circle on the ven diagram of theological and philosophical leanings) corrupts the cause it was intended to spread, and is universally unecessary. More infuriating than the death/destruction are the ways people are taught about it. If your parents are of one ideology, you will be until you learn of something you like better (if you have that capacity). If those parents taught you it was wrong to believe any differently, you don't have the capacity to change, at least not very much.
Say I was raised to be a jew, and you were raised to be a catholic. I would see you as being blasphemous for following a false demigod and self-proclaimed son of god off god's path. You would see me as blasphemous for not following the word of the son of god. We both know our own faith is correctly placed and our own religion to be of god, and therefore infallable. No matter how hard you try to tell me CS is better (oops...;)) I won't convert because you're a deluded freak. Same goes vice versa. If we were taught that being agaisnt god's way and refusing to change means death... well, I guess you know this means war. We hold no value on the other persons head, for they are the ones who strayed, they are the damned, the worthless. We don't stop because as long as an untrue faith exists, it may spread the disease and poison otherwise innocent minds, costing them eternal salvation. A third party comes in, tells us we're primitive and prejudiced, that we have no business killing for no reason. Blind fools! Can't they see we are eliminating hell's influence on the world and all of its people? Can't they see we are fighting a righteous war with just cause? Can't they see interference is just impeding the bringing of god's will to the unholy? Well, they don't see. They say we have to stop fighting, and cut us off from all sorts of money, weapons, and resources before we completely anihilate eachother. Despite not being able to overpower them, we each know that god will punish us for this impudent halt of his will. Eternal paradise is where we are meant to be, this life is just a test. Enough with this blasphemy: the enemy must die to secure our own salvation. Though war can no longer be waged on a proper level, small guerilla tactics are still viable. A little demonstration of power here, a touch of explosives over there... As long as it strikes the fear of god into the other, they will understand how they have erred, and will truly understand the judgment of god.
Anyway....
Our morals say it's wrong, that it's just pointless and stupid. We say so because that's what we learned. We kill things when we're taught they're bad, but it's okay because it's actually bad, and not seemingly so because of rage or tradition. Really, it's all point of view. So far, the only acceptable moral standard I have come across is to never hate or act out of hate.
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Extremism (the small circle containing the smaller terrorism circle on the ven diagram of theological and philosophical leanings) corrupts the cause it was intended to spread, and is universally unecessary. More infuriating than the death/destruction are the ways people are taught about it. If your parents are of one ideology, you will be until you learn of something you like better (if you have that capacity). If those parents taught you it was wrong to believe any differently, you don't have the capacity to change, at least not very much.
Say I was raised to be a jew, and you were raised to be a catholic. I would see you as being blasphemous for following a false demigod and self-proclaimed son of god off god's path. You would see me as blasphemous for not following the word of the son of god. We both know our own faith is correctly placed and our own religion to be of god, and therefore infallable. No matter how hard you try to tell me CS is better (oops...;)) I won't convert because you're a deluded freak. Same goes vice versa. If we were taught that being agaisnt god's way and refusing to change means death... well, I guess you know this means war. We hold no value on the other persons head, for they are the ones who strayed, they are the damned, the worthless. We don't stop because as long as an untrue faith exists, it may spread the disease and poison otherwise innocent minds, costing them eternal salvation. A third party comes in, tells us we're primitive and prejudiced, that we have no business killing for no reason. Blind fools! Can't they see we are eliminating hell's influence on the world and all of its people? Can't they see we are fighting a righteous war with just cause? Can't they see interference is just impeding the bringing of god's will to the unholy? Well, they don't see. They say we have to stop fighting, and cut us off from all sorts of money, weapons, and resources before we completely anihilate eachother. Despite not being able to overpower them, we each know that god will punish us for this impudent halt of his will. Eternal paradise is where we are meant to be, this life is just a test. Enough with this blasphemy: the enemy must die to secure our own salvation. Though war can no longer be waged on a proper level, small guerilla tactics are still viable. A little demonstration of power here, a touch of explosives over there... As long as it strikes the fear of god into the other, they will understand how they have erred, and will truly understand the judgment of god.
Anyway....
Our morals say it's wrong, that it's just pointless and stupid. We say so because that's what we learned. We kill things when we're taught they're bad, but it's okay because it's actually bad, and not seemingly so because of rage or tradition. Really, it's all point of view. So far, the only acceptable moral standard I have come across is to never hate or act out of hate.
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