Questions: Religion & Spirituality

we all know what happens to people who were muslim but change. how parents and past friends react.

in fact Leaving Islam, known as apostasy (ridda), is considered a severe crime in Islam. in some countries: Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Maldives, Mauritania, Yemen more than 5 have death penalty for openly Leaving Islam. so people pretend.

but how many? considering people can't leave openly, visibly, and considering their strict rules- how many would stay? if muslim country all obeyed quran 2:256 'no compulsion forcing in faith".

If karma is there to make us feel pain, and people use the belief in karma/god to minimize emotional pain, then that necessitates karma to cause even more chaos in the physical world in order to finally force us to feel that original pain.

Christians are the same. Belief in salvation is used to silence the heart.

You can answer even if you believe that the collective unconscious is confined in the brain as a set of DNA programmed archetypes. I think the two screenshots below prove otherwise. But it does not imply any prepackaged schools of thought, for example, does not prove any "simulation", nor any kamaloca.

The message of religion appears to be that in order to end the suffering of one part, we must sacrifice another part. That is how karma needs to be extinguished, I agree. But mainstream religion has the parts switched:

I say suffer in your heart silently and karma will cease causing you physical and mental torment.

Religion says do these actions physically, avoid negative emotions, and hope for relief after death (or somehow feel pain without a body..)

If you always focus on the explanation of how it happened or say "it's in god's hands" to avoid feeling agony, then obviously no amount of pain will resolve your karma causing it.

Jesus said that to follow him has nothing to do with symbolizing or naming his name or using forgiveness to bypass the suffering, "disregard your own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, and your own life..." means be heartbroken at every single cope and distortion subconsciously committed especially by our family because we are raised to believe that our parents' flaws are not to be upset about. Most harm in the world is unintentional and still we must feel the ache, deleted from excusing, no matter how excusable.

Every single time I deal with someone who is "hyper religious," they are shockingly unkind. They memorize scripture and go to services just to turn around and gossip, judge, and treat outsiders like garbage.

You would think that devoting your life to a faith that preaches loving your neighbor would make you a better person. But in my experience, it does the exact opposite. They act like their religion gives them a free pass to be arrogant and mean, all while patting themselves on the back for being "righteous." It is pure hypocrisy.

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As per the New Testament, as a Christian, I know the type of white Resin material cross that I hold and own. Not necessarily to carry neither to bear.

Lol, bear. Anyways - N is for Nicholas. 👀✍🏻

It also matches the respect and admiration I've often held of the "many Bishops and Archbishops I've known or met in my lifetime so far" - true story. Praise our Saviour Jesus Christ/Christ Jesus, the Saviour and Lord of His Story. Lol. 😋