Comments | jesus_h_biscuit: Alrighty then

jesus_h_biscuit

Alrighty then - here it goes.

Dec 17, 2006 09:30

I know that there are a large number of Christian people who read this blog and consider me a friend, either in real time or here on EmoLiveJournal. It's no secret that I am not a fan of religion, Christianity's Catholic faction in particular, and I have a lifetime of reasons for it. I've had issues in the past with people who felt a need to ( Read more... )

religion, atheism, why i am an atheist, christian hypocrisy, christian terrorism, christianity

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Forgot my DJ handle or password, but thought I'd contribute... anonymous December 17 2006, 20:32:42 UTC

I've never been good at giving exact quotes or location of said quotes, but I can at least do a decent job of paraphrasing the heart of the issue (seems to be anyway ( ... )

Finishing the above commentary (ran out of space!!) anonymous December 17 2006, 20:33:57 UTC

As I alluded to before, the only way to eliminate the doubt/fear/resistance to belief is to realize that faith is internal. It cannot be SHARED with someone else. I cannot FEEL what you feel. You cannot feel what Billy Bob feels. Faith is a feeling. It is intangible. It grows from a personal relationship that is shared with your God. Until you have this, you cannot love your neighbor as you love yourself. Religion is a mockery of faith. It has all the trappings of God but denies the power and truth that lies within the fabric of faith, love, hope, and charity. Religion is the schism that exists between God and man. We are not little ants that need a queen to tell us what to do, nor are we born in a caste system where there is no hope of ascension from the misery we experience in our daily lives. If there's any way to get to heaven, it's by accepting the fundamental truths of what happened and what IS happening every day in that relationship, not by accepting that the church is your boss and that without it the world will ( ... )

strongaxe December 17 2006, 23:01:52 UTC

It always saddens me to hear stuff like this. The apostle Paul once wrote a scathing indictment to some of his fellows: "It is because of YOU that my name is blasphemed among the nations!" - basically that God's good reputation is being blackened by those who are supposed to be doing PR for him, rather than against him ( ... )

heterocide December 18 2006, 03:19:42 UTC

There is, however, one CRITICAL distinction the argument of "currupt is as corrupt does" fails to take into consideration. NO ONE has killed, tortured, etc in the NAME of atheism. Sure, Hitler et all may have fallen into that camp, but they did *not* state, "I am going to kill you becuase *no* God has told me to so." They did so for other reason (purity of the race, nationalism, power, etc). Whereas on the other hand, many religious people have used *god* as their justification for destruction.

latin_dancer_cj December 18 2006, 04:16:36 UTC

The point is that people are people. Whether they are committing their atrocities in the name of religion or an ideology is immaterial. It is one person (or group) inflicting or forcing their views on another using their own rationalizations. As Lovemefearme said above, “It's funny so many of them talk of being a 'good christian' and still do things that I think no loving God would want.” Now, that statement was made in support of atheism, but I, as a Christian, would have to agree. My understanding is that it is supposed to be a free choice not at the point of a gun or otherwise coerced. That humans twisted it to serve their own goals for money and power should come as no shock. People who proclaimed to be Christians (leaders or otherwise) have used force to increase their power, and people of other ideologies have used force to increase their power. And if one is taking the stand that there is no God, then God could not have told them to do anything evil. Therefore we are back to the point of people are people, and they ( ... )

strongaxe December 18 2006, 09:16:11 UTC

If you say "Religion is the enemy of the State. You are religious. Therefore you are an enemy of the State and must be killed", you are effectively killing in the name of atheism, whether you use those exact words or not.

Killing people merely because they believe in any kind of religion makes as much logical and moral sense as slaughtering people for believing in Santa Claus, or the Easter Bunny, or the Tooth Fairy, or even Xenu.

Bloody history of man salenelle December 18 2006, 05:02:37 UTC

I'm just glad none of this happened while Jesus was alive, or he'd have been pissed as shit ( ... )