what is wrong with the Western religions

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What is wrong with most of the Western religions?

Important is to know that:

Religion is not command and order.

Most Western religions actually are not religions.

They had transformed the religious doctrine into command and order.

Please read the following to find out the differences.

Terrorism is not the acts of small groups.

Terrorism happened in big wars.

Most humans do not know what they should be doing, because they are living under the Unknown. 

And the Unknown will not issue orders like the religions. 

Orders are from human. 

The Unknown had said nothing.

7/26/2016

What is the root cause of terrorism?

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Actually, this is a question that has been lingering for two thousand years until today. However, for two thousand years, no one has thoroughly addressed it, which allowed a twisted way of thinking to spread and cause harm to this day.

This issue is one that even Jesus did not directly expose. Modern people still may not fully understand why Jesus emphasized loving others. Not only loving one's own people, but also loving one's enemies.

From a philosophical perspective, Jesus' teachings are actually completely opposite to those of the Old Testament. However, many devout religious practitioners have never read the Old Testament thoroughly. In fact, anyone who takes the time to read the Old Testament carefully from start to finish will see that its absolute obedience leads to killing. The violence in the Old Testament is identical to modern terrorism’s slaughter. Both involve indiscriminate killing of civilians and soldiers, slaughter and extermination, not tolerance or understanding. Moreover, the absolute obedience required is not directed at the Creator, but at the priests.

In the Old Testament, Abraham (referred to as Abraham in Catholicism and Ibrāhīm in Islam) obeyed God's command to personally kill his son without doubt. This kind of absolute obedience evolved into obedience to priests. And this obedience is tested through slaughter.

In contrast, Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi’s philosophy is completely opposite. The Creator in Zhuangzi’s view only says that the power of choice lies in yourself. (Not in God or anyone else. Once you choose, you are responsible.) (And making choices requires wisdom.)

If Greek culture is an external perspective, then Hebrew culture is even more intense. For major political issues, the only solution is destruction. Like an unskilled bone-setter who, rather than treating injuries, only excises the wounds—if you have athlete’s foot, he might even cut off both your feet. External thinking completely ignores inner truth and does not probe into the essence.

During Jesus’ time, the forces of the Old Testament were extremely powerful. Jesus did not directly oppose the Old Testament, but the essence of his thinking was actually entirely opposite. For two thousand years, whether Protestant or Catholic, they only superficially revered Jesus, but their critique of the negative ideas in the Old Testament has been superficial and evasive, allowing the murderous mindset to persist stubbornly.

Respected political and religious figures tend to avoid confronting such serious ideological harm. They only give instructions to followers at appropriate times: do not read certain books, just obediently listen. In their minds, obedience is the most important. They never realize that blind obedience is akin to murder.

Jesus said that compassion is more important than sacrifice. However, many religious officials only emphasize worship and rituals, ignoring the profound suffering faced by the world.

The roots of radical Islamic forces and Israeli Judaism are actually identical: both stem from the revenge and hatred mentality in the Old Testament. Radical Islamic ideology comes from the Hebrew scriptures, and the faith of the Jews is based on the same texts.

What is surprising is that today, this regional conflict—and the ideological source behind it—has rapidly spread worldwide. Distant regions may have no direct connection with radical religious forces, yet they are easily influenced by such negative ways of thinking. They may not understand externalized science, but they readily adopt externalized extremism. They do not realize that killing one person is easy, killing a hundred is easy, but saving billions of lives requires reading. Not just browsing books at a book fair or looking at pretty women, but reading through ten thousand volumes. What does “reading through” mean? It means seeing through, looking inside. Because wisdom is inside.

Furthermore, I must clarify: the root cause of terrorism is not the Old Testament itself, but the hatred and killing ideas within it. The Old Testament is an important cultural treasure, containing countless beneficial ideas. Those who understand it well will find wisdom and wealth comparable to King Solomon. As for those who criticize the Old Testament, as Jesus said, they are placed at the lowest rank in the Kingdom of Heaven. But that’s okay, because you are already in the Kingdom of Heaven.

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其實這是兩千年前留落到今天的問題了。只是，兩千年來都無人說穿，因此任由一種扭曲了的思維方式流傳，禍延至今。

這問題，是連耶穌都不直接點破的。今日的人，仍然未必完全明白，為甚麼耶穌說要愛人。不但只是愛自己人，連仇敵都要愛。

從哲學層面去看，耶穌的主張， 實質上和舊約完全相反。只不過，許多熱心的宗教人仕，從未完整閱讀舊約。其實，任何稍為認真的人， 從頭到尾看一次舊約， 就會看到，其中的絕對服從，就是殺人。舊約中的殺戮，和今天恐怖主義的殺戮， 是完全一樣的。一樣是無分平民和軍隊的， 是屠殺和滅絕， 而不是寬容和諒解。而且，所需要絕對服從的，並非造物主， 而是祭師。

舊約中描述亞伯拉罕（天主教譯作亞巴郎，回教譯作易卜拉欣）服從上主的命令，要親自下手殺死兒子， 毫不懷疑。這一種絕對服從的思想， 演變出來， 就是對於祭師的服從。而絕對服從是以殺戮作為考驗的。

對比之下，中國人的莊子哲學是完全相反的。莊子的造物主只會說， 抉擇之權在你自已手上。（不是在神或者任何其他人的手上。你既然抉擇了， 就要自己負責。）（而抉擇需要智慧。）

如果說， 希臘文化是一種外在觀察的文化， 則希伯來文化是更嚴重的。對於重大的政治問題， 唯一的手段就是毀滅。就好像一個不良的跌打醫生， 不會療治任何創傷，卻只會把傷患切除。就算是你患上的只是足癬， 他亦會把你的兩隻腳切去。外在的思維方式，完全不接觸內裡，也不深究本質。

耶穌時代， 舊約勢力絕對強大， 耶穌並無直接反對舊約，但耶穌的思維本質， 其實是完全和舊約相反的。兩千年來， 無論新教舊教，只會表面上奉承耶穌， 但對於舊約的不良思想，卻都只是避重就輕， 以至仇殺思維， 仍然極度頑固。

德高望重的各種政治文人和宗教庸人， 對於如此嚴重的思想禍患， 迴避唯恐不及。他們只會適時對徒眾指示， 不要看甚麼甚麼書， 只要乖乖地聽話。在他們心中，服從是最重要的。他們永遠不知道， 絕對服從不用腦，就等於殺人。

耶穌說，慈悲是比拜祭重要的。但大量的宗教人仕， 只重視拜祭和儀式， 不理世界面臨的深重苦難。

激進回教勢力和以色列猶太教的思想根源， 其實是完全一樣的。都是舊約中的仇恨報復思想。激進回教的思想，來自希伯來經典。而猶太人信奉的，亦是相同的經典。

想不到的只是， 今日， 這種地區性質而且屬於同一思想來源的對抗， 已經迅速傳遍世界。因為， 遙遠的地區， 未必和激進宗教勢力有直接關係， 卻很容易接受不良的思維方式。外在化的科學， 他們未必懂得， 但外在化的偏激思想， 卻一教就會。他們不知道， 要殺一個人很容易， 要殺一百個人也很容易， 但要挽救億萬蒼生， 就要讀書。不是逛書展看美女那樣的讀書， 而是讀破萬卷書。何謂「破」？就是要識穿， 要看進裡面。因為， 智慧是在裡面的。

還要聲明一點：恐怖主義的根源， 不是舊約這一部經典， 而是這部經典中的仇恨和殺戮思想。舊約是重要的文化寶藏。裡面的有益思想多不勝數。有所領略的人， 智慧和財富可比所羅門王。至於批評舊約的人，就好像耶穌所說， 在天國裡， 是排在最末位置的。但這已經很好了。因為， 你已經進入天國了。