Is there a more negative force in the world these days than fundamentalist religion?
Wikipedia estimates that there are 10,000 distinct religions worldwide, although most of them are extremely small. There are 12 different religions of significant size — Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Shinto, Islam, Sikhism, Confucianism, Jainism, Hinduism, Taoism, Baha’i, and Zoroastrianism.
The two largest, Christianity and Islam, seem to be the two most likely to say only their believers will go to Heaven.
Christianity in particular tries to demand that it isn’t enough to be a Christian. You have toi be their kind of Christian or you’ll wind up with your nose pressed to the window watching the real Christians enjoying paradise.
In fact, when Pope Francis died Monday, a number of Trumpanzee Christians made horrific comments about the Holy Father. One woman, MAGAt show host Gina Loudon, said she thought it very likely Francis would wind up in Hell.
Too liberal, she said.
I’m Roman Catholic and I think Francis was a wonderful pope.
Then again, I’m no fundamentalist.
Thank God.