Religious Extremism

Okay so religious extremism. Religion is not normally used to preach things that might hurt others and in a case such as this I have the opinion that live and let live applies. Providing they do not try to impose their beliefs on me I will tolerate them and not harm them or act against them based purely on their faith. Unfortunately Jehovas Witnesses are active in their attempts to ruin my Sundays by trying to talk to me despite my obvious disinterest and the fact that despite repeated attempts I do not want to live in a world free from war and famine if they were the people I had to share it with.

People who preach in public annoy me. I find their conduct needless and all they are doing is embarrassing themselves infront of the general public. They may not think this and may even be proud but seeing as people like me are in the majority and they are trying to attract them our opinion is worth more than theirs. They are brave but not in a way that could actually help anyone and if anything it puts the more sceptical minded of us into a mood where we do anything to avoid joining the religion just to spite them.

Simply put religious extrememists in all their forms have given up some of their power of analysis, trusting to a higher body. To the rest of us this wanton disregard for logical process and this reliance on a concept that hasn't been proved is a sign of weakness that we do not want to happen to us and as a result we shun it.

Moderate religious people and the beliefs they have are not problematical. As long as they keep to themselves and only tell you about their views when you express genuine interest then there is a much higher chance of their words being considered and maybe even heeded.

People that blow themselves up in the name of religion are scum and very obviously not true followers of the faith as no religion preaches pain and suffering. These people have been manipulated by those that corrupt religion to their own ends and these people deserve to feel the pain they inflict on others. In many cases the actual person that does the bombing is brainwashed and it is in cases like these that they should not be exempted from blame but not take full responsibility for the evil work of other fanatics.