What type of person angers me the most? Religious people who use scripture or doctrine to justify injustice and wrongdoing. People often use religion to justify doing nothing about injustice. They “turn the grace of God into a licence for immorality”. They let religion dull their indignation and use religious concepts as a shield against the feelings of shame which would otherwise prompt them to change their sinful ways. People quote scriptures and denominational doctrines when confronted with inconvenient truth. Some leaders have felt that the only way around this, the only way to achieve justice in the face of such religious opposition to justice is to counter this bad use of religion with a suppression of religion per se. Communism is most notable in this regard. I expect God will forgive some such leaders and many of those who follow their ideologies for the greater good. I expect God will condemn many religious leaders and followers of such leaders for using religion to justify oppression of the poor, or using religion and even scriptures to excuse inaction and lack of repentance. And I do not deny it: I am guilty of it too.
