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The Legalists
<p>Why is religion so important?</p><p>You think you've built a community,</p><p>but when you need them in hard moments,</p><p>they make themselves extra scarce.</p><p><br/></p><p>"My unmarried son is responsible for a girl's pregnancy, </p><p>I'm really scared and I don't know what to do"</p><p>Their answer: <strong>proceeds to quote a verse of the scripture taken out of context </strong>to validate their "right" to condemn.</p><p><br/></p><p>"I have HIV and the doctor thinks it might develop into AIDs soon"</p><p>Their answer: <strong>begin to stigmatise. Pull away or I might catch what they have</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>"I'm depressed.</p><p>Their answer: <strong>I</strong><strong>s this a sickness or what? I can't let you near my child or you might poison her/his mind.</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>They automatically focus on the "wrong" in the situation.</p><p><br/></p><p>Pastor Rob from a series, <strong>Young Sheldon</strong> made a statement, "This is the part of religion I don't like". </p><p>For more context (this is Christianity, but it could also be relatable to others), a family, whom I'll just refer to as the Coopers' 17- year old son, Georgie, engages in sexual intercourse with a woman, Mandy which leads to her getting pregnant <strong>and now I know that's wild, to be truthful but what exactly is to be gained from judging them? Why not help in any way you can? </strong>But that's not the mind of the church. The parents, children, even the Pastor, turn on them, despite the mother being an integral part of the Church's growth. I mean, what hasn't that woman done for the Church, honestly. They just discard her because of that one thing. </p><p>The only person who stays close is the youth Pastor, Rob.</p><p>Imagine, ONE person out of a whole congregation...</p><p><br/></p><p>So I ask:</p><p>What's the essence of the Holy book if you don't follow it?</p><p>Why's there even religion in the first place?</p><p>Why can't it just be a lifestyle instead because religion is a really poisonous, toxic, and dangerous institution.</p><p>Between bad and good, I can't even say how much it has brought to the world, generally.</p><p><br/></p><p>...this is just my thought though.</p><p>Feel free to drop yours below and maybe different angles could be shared?</p>
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