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What harm do other religions do?

Given we in the West are in a free society then whatever belief system you are in (even atheistic) why should you care what other people believe?

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    People do harm

    They are the ONLY cause of evil

  • mavis
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Religions that are false and are based on lies do a lot of harm, especially telling people lies about their spiritual state.

    The Lord Jesus Christ is the only Way to God.

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    Jesus says' I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.' John 14 verse 6.

    The Devil is the father of lies and he likes to throw confusion on life and cause people to believe in all sorts of errors and lies that men make up.

    Christians know that there is life after death and the soul will ever burn in Hell for all time or be in Heaven for all time.

    Oh, that many would repent and turn to the Lord Jesus Christ today.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    well...um...presently we are at war that is basically a religious war. Our god vs. theirs...people die. Not to mention muslim extremism that kills many(because of their religion). And we cant forget all the pain and torment christianity has caused in the past. soooo...millions upon millions have died because of someone's beliefs. that's what harm religion has done. granted...the people perpetrate these acts, not the religion itself...but thats what happens when something as lowely as humans try to assume they understand what exactly is going on. People should try some humility every once in a while...people may stop dying for stupid reasons.

  • 1 decade ago

    Religions and beliefs equal faith,faith is blind and the blind cannot see.Religious leaders show degrees of arrogance that is unbelievable,they are the pinnacle of a power base.They are right and that is it.If the god/gods are loving and forgiving,then there cannot be a hell.It is time to start opening our eyes,hearts and minds and to question,as religions are man made,who gave the first decrees to start.It was not a god it was a man.

  • 1 decade ago

    Religions have done great harm for thousands of years and should be removed from our laws and government.

  • 1 decade ago

    I don't--as long as those believers don't think that they have a right to kill me in the name of their god, take away my power to choose in the name of their morality, and take away my right to rational thought and free-inquiry in the name of "truth."

    As it stands, many believers just don't have it in them to leave the rest of us alone. For example: their morally irresponsible opposition to potentially life saving research means that one day, the cancer and Alzheimer's disease that runs through my family may hit me needlessly.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Let's see, Christianity tends to invade schools and tries to get their beliefs taught in science classrooms.

  • 1 decade ago

    If you have to ask, you'll never know. The 'even atheistic' gives a lot away.

  • 1 decade ago

    Bone fide religions? None.

    Quasi-religious or pseudo-religious cults? Now those are different issues.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    no religion hurt me but they hurt God ,as you enter your house and see another man upon your wife ,how will you feel ? this is leaving the true God and worship another creatures not the creator

  • 1 decade ago

    other religions?? compared to which one?. also people believe in their religion because of their faith. im atheist its not faith that i am one. i have facts they speak for them selfs

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