Things I Hate about Religion – Religious Zealots – Part 7

Religious Zealots

These are people who are convinced that their religious beliefs are correct, and they’ll do anything to enforce that on the rest of the world, even murder. All religions are guilty of this from time to time. Lately the Muslim religion has been in the hotseat about this, but Christians and Catholics have been just as guilty in years past. Examples would be the spanish inquisition, or witch hunts, or the many wars that we’ve had for thousands of years. But it can also apply to smaller things like anti-abortion activists. Basically anytime somebody believes that somebody else is doing something that is forbidden by God, and they feel the need to impose God’s law on somebody else, even if the local government has no such law against it. my opinion is, if it is not illegal then feel free to abstain from it yourself. For example, you can choose not to have an abortion, or seek out prostitutes, or drink beer, or have premarital sex, or be a homosexual. But unless you can get a law passed, then don’t try to force your beliefs on other people. That may sound strange coming from me, being that I share many of those beliefs. But if I choose to follow those beliefs out of obedience to God, then good for me. But if those aren’t your beliefs and I try to force them on you, I am not doing God’s will. God will judge everyone in his own time.