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- Aug 8, 2018
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This is a subject I sometimes think about. some random thoughts/venting as well as sharing some of my personal experience in it. The purpose of this is talk about how religion may or may not relate to suicide and not to bash religious belief in general. It's also a little therapeutic for me to get my thoughts out about certain things. I was raised in a very strict and conservative christian religion. Although it's considered a religion, it meets a lot the requirements for a cult. I don't know if I can in good conscience call it a religion. (Mormonism) It is very dysfunctional in many ways and I found it difficult to have compassion for other people while still being faithful to the teachings of this religion. It encourages self-righteousness and a dangerously high level of obedience from it's members. It is anti-gay and believes that God is concerned whether or not 12 year olds masturbate and goes so far as to periodically place these children alone in a room with a 20-50 year old man who asks them if they keep to a strict abstinence code. If not, they usually require specific details. Women are prohibited from leading this organization.
Needless to say, many young people have been negatively affected by these beliefs. Some have killed themselves. Some are dis owned or shamed by family. I'm sure there is some marital abuse also as a result of religious sanctioned sexism and the so-called "purity culture." Which views the human body as god's property and sex as an obligation to God and your spouse rather than an act of love. I think it's important to say imo there is a fair amount of good people in Mormonism, and they have officially become considerably "nicer" to gay people in Recent years/some progress, though still officially anti-gay and sexist. But that is my experience with this particular religion. Tragically, there are still religions in the world today that execute gay people or publicly assault/humiliate them. I was watching a video on YouTube the other day with a country in Sharia law. Two men were caught having sex and whipped publicly. It was shocking to see people take out their smart phones to record the act of needless and ancient barbarism. There is so much focus on so-called mental illness as the only cause for suicide when people are hurting others in the name of their personal God. It is my belief that social reasons are one of the biggest factors in many suicides. What do we expect when a person is treated with cruelty? With they endure it? Many cannot. Many religious beliefs are openly attempting to purge certain people from society. And sadly, they have some success in it. If they want to help the suicidal, then they can start by treating them with more kindness. It bothers me that people still uphold the Entire bible as the perfect word of God when it literally condons rape and slavery, under certain conditions. It is clearly not a good moral guide for anyone to use, unless the above behavior is considered moral. So I guess what I'm saying is I believe morality/Laws should ALWAYS be based on objective facts regarding whether behavior hurts or helps people rather than arbitrary personal beliefs with no logic to back them up.
Needless to say, many young people have been negatively affected by these beliefs. Some have killed themselves. Some are dis owned or shamed by family. I'm sure there is some marital abuse also as a result of religious sanctioned sexism and the so-called "purity culture." Which views the human body as god's property and sex as an obligation to God and your spouse rather than an act of love. I think it's important to say imo there is a fair amount of good people in Mormonism, and they have officially become considerably "nicer" to gay people in Recent years/some progress, though still officially anti-gay and sexist. But that is my experience with this particular religion. Tragically, there are still religions in the world today that execute gay people or publicly assault/humiliate them. I was watching a video on YouTube the other day with a country in Sharia law. Two men were caught having sex and whipped publicly. It was shocking to see people take out their smart phones to record the act of needless and ancient barbarism. There is so much focus on so-called mental illness as the only cause for suicide when people are hurting others in the name of their personal God. It is my belief that social reasons are one of the biggest factors in many suicides. What do we expect when a person is treated with cruelty? With they endure it? Many cannot. Many religious beliefs are openly attempting to purge certain people from society. And sadly, they have some success in it. If they want to help the suicidal, then they can start by treating them with more kindness. It bothers me that people still uphold the Entire bible as the perfect word of God when it literally condons rape and slavery, under certain conditions. It is clearly not a good moral guide for anyone to use, unless the above behavior is considered moral. So I guess what I'm saying is I believe morality/Laws should ALWAYS be based on objective facts regarding whether behavior hurts or helps people rather than arbitrary personal beliefs with no logic to back them up.