Ideologies

Can we live without ideologies?

Are there good and bad ideologies?

For me, personally, socialism, communism, capitalism, nationalism are all terms with a negative connotation. But the monotheistic religions (Christianity, Judaism and Islam) are also kind of ideologies.

All of these ideologies have brought terrible misery to mankind.

The time has come for us to live without ideologies and seek pragmatic solutions for living together.

All ideologies claim a monopoly on truth. That is why people with different ideologies can never live together in peace.

Nor can a convinced ideologue be a democrat, for he is more committed to his ideology’s truth than to the rules of democracy.

Lots of people who support a weakened form of socialism do not realize that they are followers of an ideology. This form of socialism is the most widespread ideology in the developed world.

I call it the rose-colored ideology.

How much longer can the ideologies that dominate today survive?

Children usually adopt the ideologies of their parents. A child taught in the Christian faith will keep his conviction, a Jewish child will most likely remain a Jew and children in Islamic countries will become Mohammedans.

Is it permissible to indoctrinate children in such a way that they only manage free themselves from their acquired bonds after years of inner conflict? Isn’t it time to stop supporting schools that are shaped one-sidedly either religiously or politically?

          Parents should live by example when it comes to their ideology, but they must not indoctrinate their children.

Matthew, Luke and John would turn in their graves if they found out that babies are currently being baptized in Christian churches. According to the New Testament, those who turn to Jesus of their own free will should be baptized.

Genital mutilation of any kind should be prohibited or proscribed.

Isn't religious freedom a precious thing? No, by their very nature, religions are intolerant and there must be no tolerance of intolerance.

The Quran was written by Mohammed and Mohammed was a warlord in the second half of his life.

The books of the Old Testament were the basis of a state religion, and this religion had to hold the Jewish people together and was the motivation to conquer land by force.

The Christian faith came into being under Roman rule. If the Christian faith had directly or indirectly called for resistance against Rome, it would have promptly been fought radically. The Christian faith only had a chance because its nature is defensive. The New Testament does not call for violence at any point, but it often quotes the Old Testament, which does not distance itself from violence.

The three holy books cause violence all over the world, because all three claim to be the only true ones, which means that their followers cannot live together peacefully.

Far-sighted Christians, Jews and Mohammedans should sit together and agree that all passages in their holy books that call for violence have no more meaning nowadays.

Communism and socialism are pseudo-religions and both call for a class struggle. Fighting and peace do not go together.

Can you be against all ideologies and religions? Doesn't selfishness get the upper hand then? I'm sure we all agree that man should stand up for more noble things.

After the French Revolution the motto was: Liberty, equality, brotherhood. The terms fairness and justice are also important to me.

We shouldn’t strive to find the truth, but the best ethics.

Muslims are influenced by their Islamic culture, children of socialist-thinking parents are influenced by socialism, but all should clearly distance themselves from any intolerant aspects of their parents' worldview.

Islam, socialism, various forms of nationalism and neoliberalism are the worldviews that are most intolerantly propagated by their followers today.