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Romanticism in the Name of Religion

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Under the influence of emotionalism people become members of perverted cults
and completely lose touch with reason and true religion. Herff Applewhite (above)
told his followers that someone called "Do" was going to come and take them
away in a UFO. They believed him and committed suicide as a group.
By obfuscating this subtle but very important distinction,
romanticism leads people to a completely false understanding of
religion, the end-result being mysticism. When people cease to
understand religion as submission to God, and begin to regard it as a
means for "psychological exhilaration," then a number of mystical
practices are sought, submerging them even deeper in this false
approach.
When we compare romanticised religion with the religion that
God has revealed to us in the Qu'ran, we can recognise a number of
great difference:
1. In the Qu'ran, God commands human beings to use their
minds, to think, to consider what God has created and, in this way, to
come to faith. However, the romantic approach to religion excludes
reason; it doesn't lead people to use their minds, on the contrary, it
encourages them not to think at all.
2. According to the romantic notions about religion, it is often
deemed commendable for a person to abuse themselves and cause
themselves pain. For example, there are Christians who think they are
drawing closer to Jesus by having themselves crucified. In certain
Oriental religions, such as Buddhism, starving oneself, sleeping in an