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I would like to begig by stating that I am a Christian, and then by apologizing for the length of the post . Now, onto the show.
Having different views is what makes us human, yes. There is by far nothing better than the individuality of every human being on the planet Earth. Some of these views, however, are just plain stupid. This does not, in any way mean that my personal point of view is correct, and maybe I'm the stupid one, but I like to think otherwise. In this case, I'll choose the latter.
First off, there is almost nothing more annoying than a literal, bible-pushing Christian with nothing better to do with his/her time than snuff out any other point of view while telling everybody just how painful their life in Hell is going to be. These people need to get a grip on reality.
These individuals state that everything under the bloody sun is a sin. They say that: watching porn, learning of other religions, saying some of the readings of the Bible are fake, not going to church on sundays, not learning of God, watching "The DaVinci Code", any sign of homosexuality, etc. will get you into Hell.
...In that case, shit, I'll be sure to save a spot for the rest of you.
Really, I mean, we've all done at least one of these things in a point of our life. The two worst ones that I REALLY get a kick out of is saying that some of the Bible readings are fake, and the thing with not learning about God.
Literal Christians believe that everything in the Bible is literal. Go figure. They will often pull out the good book at some point in time during an argument, and state a quote in order to prove a point. Smooth move. Now you have three choices. 1- You can walk away. 2- You can pull out a Stephen King novel and state a random quote from that book. 3- You can think of something from the Bible that, in all of its glory, would be a law in which the Christian MUST obey.
For example, one man who pulled a bunch a quotes out of his God-fearing ass, and when I pushed him on the issue if he'd ever done any work on the Sabbath, (Saturday of Sunday, take your pick,) he had responded, "Everybody has at least once. But you see, I pray for forgiveness every time I do." But no, in the Bible, that's not good enough. In the Bible, he would be stoned to death for work on the Sabbath day. Tell them this, and they'll try to worm their way out of the issue, because they suddenly need to skip readings from the Bible to make their point of view correct.
Next point is the not learning of God. Most Christians don't see things this way, but some do. Some believe that in ANY situation, no matter what, if an individual does not learn the religious teachings and have a baptism, they are immediately going to Hell once they die. Wow. That means that every child under the age of, five maybe, that doesn't get beaten with a Bible everyday goes to Hell. That also means that all of those African children, too busy getting water for their family to learn of God, will go to Hell because of their "evil ways."
...Really now. I'd better make some more room in Hell, eh?
Next, however, comes the Atheists.
On the the internet, there are mostly those who enjoy saying "god sux roflcopter!" But there are more sophisticated Atheists. There are those who run on science and proper study rather than just Bible-bashing.
Atheism is probably the best "religion" out there. There is no extra work to be done and people act on their own rather than out of fear for a "divine plan". However some people may consider this sort of life empty.
Simply stating Scientific facts in order to deflect religious teaching, in my opinion, usually leads to a flawed personality. Maybe it's just me thinking this, but people who take up religion of any sort might lead a happier life than an Atheist.
Still, there's nothing wrong with a mix of both views. The best of both worlds is never out of reach. Some scientific fact here or there, as well as religious study has never hurt anybody.
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