To criticize Religion, or not?

Everyone who critizies organized religion seems to forget they do a great amount of good in this world. A lot of chruch groups go around to the poor in their communities and look after them, what ever their religion might be.

Missions are set up overseas to help developing countries whatever there religion may be. eg. the boxing day tsunami, Indonesia a mostly Islamic country recieved help from numerous Chirsitian charaties as well as Jewish.

Most local charity is done by church groups such as St Vincent de Paul.

I know religion has been responsible for some of the most evil things in human history. But now i think the world would be empty without it.

(Pehaps we could lose the fundies?)

What do you think?

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How about we criticize the bad parts and leave the good parts alone? A good person is a good person, and a good deed is a good deed, whether you are religious or not.

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They're also doing a lot of damage in those developing countries. What makes you think that there would be no charity without religious organizations? Two of this planet's greatest philanthropists are atheists.
Religion does good in the world to a certain extent. THERE ARE PEOPLE KILLING EACHOTHER OVER RELIGION!!! It's good to believe in somehting mildly, but extremists are too absorbed to do anything else. Foremost believe in what is tangible, and it's great if you want religion on the side. If you go to heaven *snaps* for you, ya know?
only the religion ,not the PPL
I don't criticize people's religions, they are entitled to their own beliefs but I do criticize when they feel the need to impose their beliefs on others.
I think if EVERYONE spent more time on making their little corner of the world better, they'd have less time to criticize anyone or thing. You're right. Except about the fundies. Even they have a place in this world. After all, God gave us all a purpose, even some of the things that aren't pleasing to us. So, while it they might be offensive to many people, even they have a purpose. If anything, it should make us want to be better Christians. As Matthew 5 says, ''Let your light so shine before men...'' If you're doing what the Bible says, you're not worrying about what brother Bob or sister Gracie is or isn't doing. We're to worry about what our Lord wants us to do, then do it. God will deal with all the rest as He sees fit. %26lt;*)))%26gt;%26lt;
Religion itself, save Satanism, is not directly responsible for the evils of society. Religion is just one of many tools used to exploit and manipulate the common man. When we fail to question and allow ourselves to be led blindly, it is only inevitable that we should, in fact, be mislead down a nasty direction. However, in regards to the first Crusades, they were just, and had a purpose. And there is nothing wrong with fighting for something that you truly believe in.