Religion
Before I post anything, I want to issue a warning. If you don't like what I say in this post, take note: I DON'T CARE. This is my journal. I can post whatever I damn well please. Don't like it, don't read it. It's that simple. Now that I got that out of the way, onto your sporadically scheduled program.
So mom and I once again had a debate about Christianity. I personally think it has no bearing in my life at all. Catholicism does nothing for me. All Christianity seems to be is a way for people to explain their existence and subsequent death. It's a universal truth that people seem to be afraid of the unknown. Death is an unknown. Therefore many people are afraid of death. Christianity conveniently provides a way for people to live on after they die. Whether they burn in hell, or have a happily ever after in heaven, death isn't permanent to them. And onto this hell thing. Evil is a Christian concept, nothing more. It seems like some other major religions have a more realistic example of good and bad. They exist in one deity, not two. All Christianity achieved with the creation of Satan was to find a way for people to blame the evil in the world on someone other than themselves. That is an unrealistic picture. No one person is absolutely good or evil. Humans themselves create more than enough evil to go around. We don't need some mythical beastie doing the same thing.
Another issue. How many people have died in the name of religion? How can something deemed so "right" kill so many people? Newsflash people. You're dying for something that can't even be proven. Now there's a great cause. If there's one thing the Buddhists got right is that they'd rather protest by setting themselves on fire than anyone else. Morbid thought? Yes. But true. Christianity decided it wanted to try to destroy other religions and people because they have the "right religion".
Now why do I target the Christians? Because of all the religions I have encountered, they are the most narrow minded, condescending, arrogant, and annoyingly persistent. One of my uncle's friends is a pastor. Psycho committed to Catholicism. He tried to "save my immortal soul" by preaching to me. Right. He tried to scare me by telling me I'd burn in hell. Try again, no dice. He tried many other things, to no avail. He finally settled on telling me that "God would reveal himself to me". Total waste of time and breath, really.
And marriage, which is ultimately what the argument was about. Religion should have no bearing in marriage in my eyes. Marriage is two people who love one another binding themselves to the other forever. Why should someone I want to marry have to switch his religion or vice versa to get married? It's nonsense.
In my eyes, religion is nothing but a way for people to explain things away. Something not-so-tangible to hang onto. All in all, I'd like to think that I'm stronger than that. I don't need to hang onto something that isn't real for strength.
So mom and I once again had a debate about Christianity. I personally think it has no bearing in my life at all. Catholicism does nothing for me. All Christianity seems to be is a way for people to explain their existence and subsequent death. It's a universal truth that people seem to be afraid of the unknown. Death is an unknown. Therefore many people are afraid of death. Christianity conveniently provides a way for people to live on after they die. Whether they burn in hell, or have a happily ever after in heaven, death isn't permanent to them. And onto this hell thing. Evil is a Christian concept, nothing more. It seems like some other major religions have a more realistic example of good and bad. They exist in one deity, not two. All Christianity achieved with the creation of Satan was to find a way for people to blame the evil in the world on someone other than themselves. That is an unrealistic picture. No one person is absolutely good or evil. Humans themselves create more than enough evil to go around. We don't need some mythical beastie doing the same thing.
Another issue. How many people have died in the name of religion? How can something deemed so "right" kill so many people? Newsflash people. You're dying for something that can't even be proven. Now there's a great cause. If there's one thing the Buddhists got right is that they'd rather protest by setting themselves on fire than anyone else. Morbid thought? Yes. But true. Christianity decided it wanted to try to destroy other religions and people because they have the "right religion".
Now why do I target the Christians? Because of all the religions I have encountered, they are the most narrow minded, condescending, arrogant, and annoyingly persistent. One of my uncle's friends is a pastor. Psycho committed to Catholicism. He tried to "save my immortal soul" by preaching to me. Right. He tried to scare me by telling me I'd burn in hell. Try again, no dice. He tried many other things, to no avail. He finally settled on telling me that "God would reveal himself to me". Total waste of time and breath, really.
And marriage, which is ultimately what the argument was about. Religion should have no bearing in marriage in my eyes. Marriage is two people who love one another binding themselves to the other forever. Why should someone I want to marry have to switch his religion or vice versa to get married? It's nonsense.
In my eyes, religion is nothing but a way for people to explain things away. Something not-so-tangible to hang onto. All in all, I'd like to think that I'm stronger than that. I don't need to hang onto something that isn't real for strength.