Religious Intolerance - Within Religion

Christian Scientists believe that sickness can be cured by prayer alone.  Mormons believe in  three celestial kingdoms of heaven.  Hindu's, Buddhists and Sikhs believe in reincarnation.  Catholics believe in eternal torment for sinners.  The Amish live without electricity because they believe it would 'connect' them to the world.  Radical Muslims believe that any non-Muslim is an infidel and must die.  Born Again Christians believe they can speak in the language Angels use to talk to God.

Jehovahs Witnesses believe that life saving blood transfusions are a sin.

If you attempt to point out the seeming absurdity of any of these beliefs each religion will vociferously defend their position, usually with anger that you have the temerity to question them and in many cases they will use the religious hatred card.  They will dismiss you as a 'non-believer', a spreader of false doctrine, insulting, a friend of the Devil, an apostate and other less than complimentary names.  Interestingly, if you ask each individual religion to comment on the beliefs of the other religions they will point out the absurdity of the beliefs of the opposing faiths.

Most religious persons believes that they are right and anyone who believes something else is wrong.

I realise that here in the Western world the madness of political correctness has gagged us for the last decade or more, despite the fact that nutcase religious fanatics have overwhelmed our security services and murdered thousands of us.  It's obvious that our reluctance to voice an opinion because of the consequences, both from our own peers and the brainwashed zealots, has encouraged the cancerous teachings in our midst to grow without check.  It's clear that those who wish to make a stand against this tide of religion driven madness are demonised as right wing Fascists.

So where does the madness stop?  Where do we draw a line and say; Jehovahs Witnesses you cannot let your children die for want of a blood transfusion just because you believe in some ridiculous concept of blood being sacred?  Surely life is more sacred than blood?

When do we say to Christian Scientists; Don't be ridiculous, prayer is just muttering into the wind, it doesn't cure anything unless the problem is in your mind in the first place.

At what point do we publicly laugh at the pathetic world view of IS and their supporters - there are no virgins waiting for you suicide bombers - just eternal oblivion.  

As for the Amish, if they want to deny themselves modern conveniences, that's their choice but why should they be allowed to treat their children, who don't agree with their views, with such appalling callousness?  

Belief is fine, after all none of us really know if there is a God.  We can all speculate, postulate and debate but certainty is impossible.  What we can say with certainty is that all of these beliefs are incompatible  - both with each other and with the concept of the God that they all paint.

Therefore the quality called for is humility - humility by the religion itself.  No religion has either the moral or the legal right to cause or expect the death of a convert.  It certainly does not have the right to cause or expect the death of a child or a person that does not share the same views as it.

In fact the opposite should be true - everyone should be allowed to decide whether they believe in God and if they do, how they serve God.  Anything else simply isn't faith - it's arrogance.