Extremely religious, legalistic people have a criticism or judgment about everyone and everything. They just have a way of bringing people down with what they say.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People really, really hate their religion being criticized. It's as though you've said they had an ugly face; they seem to identify personally with it.
We've all been brought up with the view that religion has some kind of special privileged status. You're not allowed to criticise it.
Sometimes people's spiritual ideas become fixed and they use them against those who don't share their beliefs - in effect, becoming fundamentalist. It's very dangerous - the finger of righteous indignation pointing at someone who is identified as bad or wrong.
People make judgments about Scientology, but often they don't know what they're talking about.
None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.
When people feel a certain religion claims to have all the answers, that's what turns them off.
Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.
People have a right to criticize.
People can't stand it when you deal with issues of race and class, and also sometimes the church, and you give a perspective that flushes out hypocrisy.
Religious people... hold a kind and merciful view of life, the faith of the broken, the hounded, the hopeless. Yet too often, they will not extend that spirit to our fellow creatures.
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