Religion: What it means to you

Originally Posted by LordsSword

I use it because its the best guide I have. The principals of living that are in the bible have improved my life and formed the foundation upon which my country was built.

Actually, if you want to get technical, the foundation on which you speak of was started by landing here, in the country, and then slowly erradicating the peoples that had already established their own form of religion and life, doing our best to convert them to OUR way of life, and if they didn't comply, resisted so to speak, we did them a favor and killed them.

Then a few years later we got a bunch of blackies on a ship, sent em over to do our manual labor and so forth and so on. So if you are proud of that, I can't stop ya, but I don't know anyone who can be truly 'proud' of how our civilzation here started, but then again, most civilizations start out just like ours did.

The bible is a double edged sword, in some aspects...It's like the drunken step father that loves you, but if you do something he doesn't like, your ass will be beaten till you're unconscious.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by LordsSword

I am showing where I am on the landscape of myriad beliefs and a course to a defined concept of virtue. This is what my religion means to me and this is what a christian is supposed to do.

Good for you, you are showing where you stand on the pedestal of christianity, that's fine and dandy, that's wonderful news.

And about 50 years ago to when christianity began, you would probably be looked upon with admiration. But you see, in this day and age people see through all the bullshit, we've become smarter than the average "flock" and realized that there are too many contridictions in that little book of yours to have any merit on why we should build our life around it. I certainly don't wish to be a hypocrite, hence I don't follow the bible.

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All I can see right now is a body of people that slam ideas but present no particular source of their own (with quotes or statements) as their guide for the concept of virtue. Its easy to walk around with a hatchet and destroy things but what do you build your life on?

As I said before, in my last post, I'm pretty sure you have just quotted Sitting Bull.

I have just one, miniscule question for you...What right do WE have as people to tell people what to think, what 'moral' rules to follow? I'll admit, most things the bible teaches is to love, and not judge...to not hurt the fellow person...but...once again I'll be damned if only about 2% of people who follow that book actually live that kind of life.

The other 98%, well...

"You don't read the bible? Oh FUCK YOU...Go to hell ya blasphemous bastard"

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by DarkLink2135

At the risk of sounding like I'm siding entirely with LordSword (which I'm not), Christianity actually began roughly 2,000 years ago with the teachings of a man named Jesus. Whether or not Jesus was who He said He was is up to the individual to decide.

I know, I guess I just worded the statement I made above the wrong way, what I meant was that entire gap of time when it began, to about 50 years ago, that's when he would have been praised or something. My bad

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Originally Posted by LordsSword

The bible clearly defines what it means to be a Christian. If you see a person claiming to be a follower of Jesus and then acts like a hellion you can't blame the book. This is the stregnth of the book its a guide to set believers straight. The person acts the way they believe and if its ungodly behavior that person doesn't follow Jesus Christ.

Dont let a few bad people undergird prejudice.

Then you have to admit, if only 5% of the people who actually read the bible, and follow it are doing it right, then the book isn't doing it's job, is it?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.