RELIGION
Touchy stuff man. I'll guide you first to this post http://doctorandyspeaks.blogspot.com/2006/07/quality-of-mercy.html
by Dr. Andy, one of the smartest people I know. He has had some obvious struggles with religion, though he doesn't talk about it too often.
One good point he raises is that so many religious leaders out there think that their way is the right way, and everybody else is wrong. This belief itself is disgusting, but the fact that these people then go about attempting to impose their will on others only makes things worse.
What kills me is that denomonations within Christianity fight amongst themselves about obscure details of the bible or history. Fight, in more of the sense of people making halfway veiled, backhanded comments about other peoples beliefs. It is BEYOND ME how they can't see that we're all on the same team.
The real problem? No one can admit that they might be wrong. There are a few MAJOR religions (Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, etc.), many MINOR religions, and thousands of denomonations and sects within those groups.
How can anyone be 100% sure that they're right?
I hope I'm right, Christianity makes sense to me... but the fact of the matter is that I wasn't there 2000 years ago, and I don't know for sure what happened. None of us do. The earliest book in the new testament was written around 30 to 40 years after Jesus' death. And others were written long after. It is lunacy to deem all other religions heresy or, at best, wrong.
I once had a friend proclaim, "well, you're a Christian, so you know that evolution is a lie." WHOA WHOA WHOA. I did not say that, I said I'm Christian, not that I'm an idiot. Chances are his (baptist) pastor is doing a little bit of negative preaching. That is, building up his argument for Christianity by breaking down the beliefs of others. I believe they call this BULLYING in high school (making oneself look cooler by putting others down). Situations like this make me so proud of my current pastor, who has NEVER ONCE condemned the beliefs of others, welcomed homosexuals into the church, and focused only on the positive messages of the religion that so many others ignore.
If there was one thing I could say to every Christian leader in the world simultaneously, I would probably have to say "learn some humility, you're going to need it if Mohammad meets you at the pearly gates."
Touchy stuff man. I'll guide you first to this post http://doctorandyspeaks.blogspot.com/2006/07/quality-of-mercy.html
by Dr. Andy, one of the smartest people I know. He has had some obvious struggles with religion, though he doesn't talk about it too often.
One good point he raises is that so many religious leaders out there think that their way is the right way, and everybody else is wrong. This belief itself is disgusting, but the fact that these people then go about attempting to impose their will on others only makes things worse.
What kills me is that denomonations within Christianity fight amongst themselves about obscure details of the bible or history. Fight, in more of the sense of people making halfway veiled, backhanded comments about other peoples beliefs. It is BEYOND ME how they can't see that we're all on the same team.
The real problem? No one can admit that they might be wrong. There are a few MAJOR religions (Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, etc.), many MINOR religions, and thousands of denomonations and sects within those groups.
How can anyone be 100% sure that they're right?
I hope I'm right, Christianity makes sense to me... but the fact of the matter is that I wasn't there 2000 years ago, and I don't know for sure what happened. None of us do. The earliest book in the new testament was written around 30 to 40 years after Jesus' death. And others were written long after. It is lunacy to deem all other religions heresy or, at best, wrong.
I once had a friend proclaim, "well, you're a Christian, so you know that evolution is a lie." WHOA WHOA WHOA. I did not say that, I said I'm Christian, not that I'm an idiot. Chances are his (baptist) pastor is doing a little bit of negative preaching. That is, building up his argument for Christianity by breaking down the beliefs of others. I believe they call this BULLYING in high school (making oneself look cooler by putting others down). Situations like this make me so proud of my current pastor, who has NEVER ONCE condemned the beliefs of others, welcomed homosexuals into the church, and focused only on the positive messages of the religion that so many others ignore.
If there was one thing I could say to every Christian leader in the world simultaneously, I would probably have to say "learn some humility, you're going to need it if Mohammad meets you at the pearly gates."
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