Destrox has almost completely described me. Where as I used to classify myself as a Christian [and still do from time to time to not bother with the gasps and the quick session conversion into why I should believe], I am really tired of all religion in general. All it ever leads to is a ridiculous amount of discussion to discuss things that were many years before your time short of biting somebody's head off b/c they do not believe
AND raging "holy" wars that to this day still go on b/c of it. Christians being offended? Please...
Moreover, I get very pissed from time to time w/ the world I live in. No doubt in recent years thanks to our good friend George Bush Jr. But more ironically I have kept all these "chrisitan", "catholic" vows w/o even as so much reading the bible's entire script. I've read a little but I can't read the whole thing. The dictation is so... preachy. And even more ironically, is that the same people who were raised with those vows more strictly are the same murderers, rapists, pedophiles [catholic priests], serial killers [b/c god told them to], having sex and conceiving a child out of wedlock, etc sinners.
Are we to count the
truth as an insult? I know my facts. As I know my beliefs and my rules I have set for myself:
- Never hit or abuse a woman EVER; unless there is no absolute alternative such as a split-second decision before you are about to be shot, stabbed, or otherwise severely injured by the woman - That is the only scenario where I could - even then I'd try to find another way... For women are too sacred to me.
- Never use drugs [short of being specific - it's safe to assume I don't use anything even liquor - which I consider to be a drug *shrug* I don't need it to have a good time]
- Never buy a gun - I believe my fists are enough to beat man's ass short of my will not to be beaten
- Respect your parents - this includes never cursing them out which I've seen countless times in this day and age. You can raise your voice at them however if your trying to make a point.
- To respect all walks of life and not take this Earth for granted - Too tired to elaborate
- Too tired to go on. There's probably a lot more, but I'm not planning on starting a bible anytime soon.
Anyway, I had a pleasant dream where all religion was banished and there were no wars and no one believed anything except what they wanted to; still not causing any debate. No 700 Club, no holy scriptures, no religious books, no religious charity trying to take your 5 cents a day and do god knows what with it... The paintings still existed. It was nice... so nice I wish I could have that dream once a month.
To wrap up, no, christians are not being dogged or singled out. I've never heard anyone once say
"Go back to your reality and watch 7th Heaven!". Atheists though are going to be picked apart, chewed up, and spit out by hardcore christians. Moreover I dare any devout christian [who truly goes by the book] to visit
Off The Wayside or
The Full Monty. WAIT!!! You're seriously going in there? Don't! This is my formal warning - do NOT. I don't think you'd be open minded to that at all. Why not? Well... remember, you said you were a devout christian?
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Anyway, poppinjay, that is why I didn't want to post in here at all. Not b/c I didn't want any discussion about it or couldn't bear with any disagreement. But b/c you just jumped on Destrox for his figure of speech. It really is nothing to be offended by [like you said yourself, you ignore it] short of someone using a curse word on you. Turn foolish, into a unimaginable way of thinking. To listen to a book or another man who bases his beliefs from the book, does not make any sense to me. However like I said and you said, life should be lived according to your own intrepretation. Everybody has their own opinions.
Short of a Tilted Religion w/ multi-subsectional groups for every religion, I see no resolution - even that has the potential for individual heatedness. How do you think I feel about Congress being majority Republican? I just take it with some salt and know whatever they do they will never turn me or dishearten me. What disheartens me, is life and society itself. It speaks volumes about the respect and following for religion. I am truly disgusted with this world. I know it can't be perfect - I just wish it was a WHOLE lot more civilized. And no man or book can EVER dictate that...
Religion will never unify more people than it separates... And that includes the basic principle of tolerance for other religions. B/c one religion ALWAYS thinks it's right no matter if they cite TFOR [made it up, so sue me]. So therefore the rest have to be wrong by that thought???
If anyone is bound to get offended solely by my post alone and is basing their decision to post here again [like Tim], I strongly urge you not to base that on account of me. I do not "witch hunt" christians. In addition, I speak rarely about any such issues, political and religion included... I speak from the heart, personal experience, and what I see day in/day out.