The city of Montreal confirmed it plans to shut down a concert by a U.S.-based Christian musician who has been described as a “MAGA superstar,” saying the venue does not hold proper permits.
I mean it’s fine if they welcome people to the faith and that their charitable work gets more people to join their faith. No one is forced to join and they will never deny you anything just because you are not religious so there is no pressure to join. I don’t know specifically about Mormon and Scientology though. I mostly know about the Catholic church. Since my area is mostly Catholic. And yeah I know in the past the Catholic church had some scandals and did some bad things but in the modern day they are mostly doing good things and helping a lot of people. I also was given help in my own community (I am a Muslim) and they were great too but I didn’t see them doing as much charity as Catholic churches, maybe because they are a small minority where I live.
I’m not saying that religious institutions don’t bring some good into their community, but I am saying that major religious institutions overall seem to be a net harm to humanity than they are a net benefit. As far as Catholicism comes to mind, there’s quite a few people that have quite a lot to say about how the priest treated them when they were minors that the church covered up and continues to cover up. In my opinion, you can’t have an organization go legitimate while it’s trying to cover up child abuse such as this.
I also completely disagree with the proselytizing, and think that it’s not necessary there are plenty of homeless people that are homeless due to religious trauma and don’t need to be re-victimized every time they try to go eat because the place they want to go to insists on proselytizing every time they’re in there. I also may just have a personal bias against being proselytized too.
Look, I’m not saying it’s all bad, I’m just saying that there is propensity for religious institutions to abuse their power, which is true of any large corporation that gets big enough, but religious institutions are made particularly heinous by the religious exemptions they get to utilize, which secular organizations don’t have.
I’m sure it’s just because the community you’re in is really small, and in America, or Canada at least, people are not exactly friendly to the muslim community. I do hope that things are going well for you in that regard and that you are finding peace and safety.
I mean it’s fine if they welcome people to the faith and that their charitable work gets more people to join their faith. No one is forced to join and they will never deny you anything just because you are not religious so there is no pressure to join. I don’t know specifically about Mormon and Scientology though. I mostly know about the Catholic church. Since my area is mostly Catholic. And yeah I know in the past the Catholic church had some scandals and did some bad things but in the modern day they are mostly doing good things and helping a lot of people. I also was given help in my own community (I am a Muslim) and they were great too but I didn’t see them doing as much charity as Catholic churches, maybe because they are a small minority where I live.
I’m not saying that religious institutions don’t bring some good into their community, but I am saying that major religious institutions overall seem to be a net harm to humanity than they are a net benefit. As far as Catholicism comes to mind, there’s quite a few people that have quite a lot to say about how the priest treated them when they were minors that the church covered up and continues to cover up. In my opinion, you can’t have an organization go legitimate while it’s trying to cover up child abuse such as this.
I also completely disagree with the proselytizing, and think that it’s not necessary there are plenty of homeless people that are homeless due to religious trauma and don’t need to be re-victimized every time they try to go eat because the place they want to go to insists on proselytizing every time they’re in there. I also may just have a personal bias against being proselytized too.
Look, I’m not saying it’s all bad, I’m just saying that there is propensity for religious institutions to abuse their power, which is true of any large corporation that gets big enough, but religious institutions are made particularly heinous by the religious exemptions they get to utilize, which secular organizations don’t have.
I’m sure it’s just because the community you’re in is really small, and in America, or Canada at least, people are not exactly friendly to the muslim community. I do hope that things are going well for you in that regard and that you are finding peace and safety.