This is a compressed version of a larger peice, so it may seem like it has missing parts (because it has).
After a recent conversation I had with a friend, I thought I would write an article about the difference between religion and spiritualism. Just as a guide to how this is going to pan out:
Religion = Bad
Spiritualism = Good
As beings sharing a relatively small planet and being unable to explain or even comprehend the world around us, a lot of people turn to religious ideas for inspiration, advice and comfort. Although there are a lot of sub divisions, you basically have three choices:
1) Christianity
2) Islam
3) Judaism
I have not included the Sikh and Hindu religions as not many people “convert” to these so to keep it simple I have excluded them. Apologies to any Sikh or Hindu out there...
Now there is a difference between spiritualism and religion. Religion is a set of doctrine and LAWS of what you can and cannot do. Most religions refer back to ancient text and teachings from religious figures and icons as to what is deemed “righteous”. Anything that ventures outside of these laws are frowned upon. As with the three religions stated above, all but one will accept that their religious texts were written by mortal men. All except Islam, which believes that their main religious text, the Koran, is a direct transcription of the words of Allah. Muslims believe that the Prophet Mohammed’s life was righteous, and anything he did can (and in many cases should) be mirrored in their own lives. Not wanting to be accused of “Islamaphobia” or any other state-created term to make certain religions more “socially acceptable” than another, I have a few issues with this. The Prophet Mohammed married his second wife, Aisha Bint Abu Bakr, in around 620 AD. He did not consummate the marriage until 622 because of Hijra, which is the migration of Muslims to Medina. Now, the chilling part of this story is that at the time of consummation, Mohammed was 56 years old, and Aisha was only 9. Yes that is right, she was only 9 years old. This isn’t any kind of twist of religious writings; this is accepted by Muslims and Islamic scholars alike. Does that sound like the best basis for a “Positive” religious movement? Of course not. A religious movement based on the life and times of Gary Glitter would never be accepted, so why is this religion? Simply put, because of numbers.
Any religious movement which has a “Significant” following (you decide what “significant” is) is a religion, anything deemed “small” is seen as a cult, and ostracised from society. Small cults spring up all the time (especially in America) and most end in tragedy such as the People’s temple, Heaven’s Gate, Branch Dravidians’ and the Order Of The Solar Temple to name a few.
This article is not an individual attack on Islam, I mean Christianity and Judaism are just as dangerous. Here are a couple of things you may or may not know about Christianity and Judaism. I will only give on reference per issue, but there are more:
Christianity
Christianity condones rape in the lords name (Judges 21:10-24 NLT). Christianity also condones the murder of homosexuals (Leviticus 20:13 NAB), Witches (Exodus 22:17 NAB), fortune tellers (Leviticus 20:27 NAB), Adultery (Leviticus 20:10 NLT), non-believers (Exodus 22:19 NAB), False Prophets (Zechariah 13:3 NAB), unmarried non-virgins (Zechariah 13:3 NAB), blasphemy (Leviticus 24:10-16 NLT), working on Sundays (Exodus 31:12-15 NLT) and so forth. I could go on, but you get the point.
Judaism
I am not going to get in the fact or fiction of jewish conspiracy, to be honest I do not really need to, the Torah is a pretty good reference. Basically, God commits or orders countless acts of genocide as a favour to the Jews, Including butchering the ENTIRE planet, saving only eight people. Here is a list of genocidal references in the Torah:
Deuteronomy 20:16
Deuteronomy 7:12
Deuteronomy 3:3-7
Numbers 31:17-18
Numbers 21:27-35
Numbers 21:1-3
It is not the followers of the religion that are dangerous; it is the religious ideas that are the problem. People find it impossible to change a religious belief and that is often how wars are started. Someone once said “It is better to have an idea than a belief, you can change an idea but you cannot change a belief”. So why is spiritualism different? Well, spiritualism is about trying to understand and better ones self but without using a founded religious structure. We are all one consciousness, and we must all try and feel each other’s pain, and being bound by organised religion will be the death of us all. There are no Muslims, Christians, Goyims or infidels. We are a species, trying to advance to understand our purpose in the universe. If we are ever to end all the wrongs in the world, we are going to require a radical change in people's beliefs.
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