Has Christianity Helped the world, or hurt it?

I always ask this to myself, because while Xtains believe in charity, they also don't believe that Earth is sacred so they feel free to decimate everything! What do you think?

 

I don't understand the question. Christianity is a religion, belief is an aspect of mind. Hypocrisy is evidence of an unbalanced mind, not a religion.

 

Helpful in any instance, is a matter of timing.

 

I think when you ask yourself that question you are reviewing unpleasant associations that you have compiled. The tone of our experience is couched in the tones we use to describe it. We dream a dream in effect, but then dissociate ourselves from the dreamer. Reality does not contradict itself. If something appears to you in a certain way it is because you insist that it is so.

 

Religion itself ruined the world

 

Religion is has a tangible description. Ruin does not.

 

Man has ruined the world, not any of his failing attempts to achieve enlightenment. Gives weight to the claim that man's problem is an inherent state (sin).

You could no more blame the christians for being messed up than you could a buddhist for being unenlightened. It's the sick that need a doctor, right?

 

I was raised in a pseudo church believing family . By the time I was out of Highschool I was Not impressed as to the accuracy of almost everything that went on. So I went looking myself, 40yrs ago.
To me, Christianity was always an extremely mystic Religion. The Teachings Of Jesus are impeccable and without doubt filled with truths about being Christ , son of god. Unlike Buddhism And Yogic Doctrines , Christianity took a horrible beating in the dark ages followed by the inquisition.
That started the fragmentation of Christianity into The myriad churches we see today. Each comming with its own absurd dogma attached.

I think Christianity and the teachings of Islam run neck to neck , as being the Most abusive of original Holy doctrines.

 

Christians would have us belive there was no concept of morality before the bible or without 'god' delivering unto us his commandments. That's BS. If anything the bible set us back esp. women who've been subjugated by the churuch since it's inception and they still want to subjugate women.

 

According to J. O. Y'gasset who wrote the revolt of the masses Christianity has revealed modern refusal of the 'official' progress which is Progressing towards the failure of purpose for the progress in the propaganda composed on it's behalf.

 

Judaism is pretty horrific as far as equal rights between men and women. Jesus seemed to not care so much, though Paul - who was a pretty intense Jew - said he didn't even think women should open their mouths in services.

Anyway, maybe someone will get a kick out of this, just ran across it:

https://www.youtube.com/user/collegehumor?feature=grec_index#p/u/32/gNtnN_DiP3o

 

No...man has ruined man's world. The earth will be just fine, with or without humans. It may just do away with us on its own. One day all our worldly possessions will be covered with foliage and we will be fertilizer. We're not so important that the earth won't survive us.

 

Maybe it is doing away with us.

We all worry about protecting the earth...a friend of mine says, "go sit under a tree for three days with no food or water in the middle of a forest. Let the bears and rain and insects come to you. Then tell me who needs protecting. Mother nature doesn't need protecting - mother nature will kill you without a second thought."

 

There's no maybe about it, it is. But whether or not that will happen in our lifetimes isn't to be foreseen, only guessed. All the climate changes (amongst other things) are a clue things are in motion, so it's just a matter of time. We can try to fix what we have left, but we can't control what the earth decides to do with us.

 

Nah nig send some holy men to the congo to preach to those who just had their hands chopped off by other christians then teach them how to do it to eachother. Free labor. Righteous. The savages need proper culture. Diamonds for my bitches.


What was the question?

 

When we say mother nature needs protecting, we're really saying we need protecting. The only reason we try to conserve nature is because we rely on it. So saving nature is not saving 'nature', but saving ourselves. If nature had no utility to us, would we regard it as beautiful and try to salvage it?

 

Thats one example of why I have a hard time reading or appreciating anything he wrote (new testement). Is that writings from a enlightened spiritual person? On the other hand I've heard early Christians valued women and their ideas highly. More then any other religion.

 

Yep, Christians have used Bible passages to justify destroying the earth and animals. Also, they use the Bible to start wars and to demonize other people. It could be called a terrorist organization in that way.

 

Well to be fair, he had women helpers; Syntyche was just one listed in scripture. It's well known there were women deaconesses as well.

Just have to understand it was a completely different culture for the jews than what we have today or even that the romans/greeks/etc had. And yeah, Paul is def one of the most enlightened people we've had so far, whether you buy the jesus stuff or not.

Subjugation does not imply inferiority or ownership. That's why we have such a prob with things like this.

 

It's actually a Christian teaching that the world and the animals therein are to be treated with respect.

As for whether it has helped it, if what is written in the Bible were followed then it would help it but otherwise it would hurt it.