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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
How is heaven after death an example of being compromised by greed? It's a foundational belief in many religions.
Which of their original basis and aims are still viable?
If we can't judge beliefs that appear to be harmful to living life and to the continued existence of life on this planet, it would seem you are suggesting we cannot judge anything. Did you not read the negative psychological effects religion can have that I suggested? Did you not read how it may have affected our relationship with nature and world?
You didn't address any of my points directly at all. Saying "who am I to judge" seems like the ultimate cop-out. We all judge things all the time. Seems more like you don't want to judge something that is near and dear to some because you don't want to offend. But judging is certainly what humans do, and we do it every day.
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Sure we judge everyday, but it doesn't make it right. The thing is if some church or somebody is doing something against man and nature, sure we condemn and try to stop that behaviour. To me tearing down a religion will just result in another religion or facsimile such as communism which won't be any better. It's like government, some form of it will always be around and sure it's corrupt but there are the odd honest politicians too.
As for heaven after death being compromised by greed. It's a promise made by the church in order to make us follow them. We follow them and they get more power. As for it being a foundational belief, I don't think the Jews believe in it. It was an invention for the uneducated Christians.
More power for the church means more money etc. I'm not saying life after death doesn't exist, it's just that nobody that I know of has died and reported back to me that it does.