It's dangerous being a Christian.

[LadyZandra]

WTF difference does it make?
EVERY "Religion" Kills "In the name of God" Despite the fact that they all worship the same damned God-- just in different ways!
Being a "Good Christian" means following the teachings of Christ- who said NOT to follow the rules, to judge for yourself what you KNOW to be right in the eyes of God and that the "Rabbi's and Priests" were NOT the sole pathway to God- as they often were themselves "ungodly"... Not following the word of God.

If you live a good life- and think of others before making decisions, and care for your fellow man, and above all else "do no harm' then what damned difference does it make what MAN MADE TITLE you put on it????

I am so SICK of hearing people use their personal Religion as a TITLE and a SHEILD- as if that lable makes them above all others- regardless of what it is...

I mean C'mon-- there is no such thing anymore as being "A Christian"... the Catholics hate the Methodists who Hate the Baptists who hate the Evangelicals who hate everybody else....

Buddhist, Hindi's, true Muslims (not Jihadists or radicals) Jews, Christians, Mormons, Universalists... whatever-- if you are a good person you are a good person... needing to fit into a label that fits a list of MAN MADE rules in ANY Religion without even considering the consequences is no longer being a decent human being-- it's being a sheep... and unworthy of whatever 'title' you are persuing "in the name of God".

 

[schuylaar]

I was just making the point that sometimes we cause chaos, destruction or suffering without noticing it, without even thinking about it.

Do you like boxing, or football, or any violent movies or television shows? War movies, karate movies, animal documentaries, marvel movies, comic books, science fiction novels, zombie movies? Why do we watch them... why do we read them? Why do we choose to willfully subject ourselves to such violence? Why are we so entertained by this chaos and destruction? Yes, we can understand that most of it's all...fake, or made up, or acted out, but can we achieve the understanding of WHY we like to observe and watch these things?

Because it's in all of us.

Nobody wants to admit it... but we all know it.




It reminds me of any type of applied philosophy or theology;

"We all know that we don't know what the fuck is going on right now, if all of this reality is either a dream, a hell, a heaven, purgatory, a simulation, the beginning, the end... but nobody wants to admit that they don't know."



Knowing can sometimes be a scary thing, but i think not knowing... can be infinitely more terrifying.

your psyche has a need for fantasy as an outlet for day to day life..it's actually psychological

 

[JayDiggz]

I was just making the point that sometimes we cause chaos, destruction or suffering without noticing it, without even thinking about it.

Do you like boxing, or football, or any violent movies or television shows? War movies, karate movies, animal documentaries, marvel movies, comic books, science fiction novels, zombie movies? Why do we watch them... why do we read them? Why do we choose to willfully subject ourselves to such violence? Why are we so entertained by this chaos and destruction? Yes, we can understand that most of it's all...fake, or made up, or acted out, but can we achieve the understanding of WHY we like to observe and watch these things?

Because it's in all of us.

Nobody wants to admit it... but we all know it.




It reminds me of any type of applied philosophy or theology;

"We all know that we don't know what the fuck is going on right now, if all of this reality is either a dream, a hell, a heaven, purgatory, a simulation, the beginning, the end... but nobody wants to admit that they don't know."



Knowing can sometimes be a scary thing, but i think not knowing... can be infinitely more terrifying.

I agree with you that there is a fascination for these things. Whether it's psychological or whatever, i'm not sure of the science behind it but there's definitely some kind of sadistic pleasure we take in witnessing chaos and destruction.

My point is that I don't feel we seek to create those things with the overall goal of causing harm.

Best example I can think of for this is a boy killing an ant. I've done it. And thinking back, the main intention wasn't to hurt the ant, the intention was to see what it looks like when burning an ant with a lens. It looks fuckin cool! I didn't have the concept in mind at the time that maybe that was wrong. I mean, it's just a little ant right?

Inherently we don't seek to harm people. We are fascinated by it but we don't strive for it.

 

[JayDiggz]

Regarding the original post; it's dangerous believing in anything these days it seems. No matter where you go, who you talk to, there's going to be someone who contradicts your beliefs. Especially in such a global society. It's just a shame that people are getting hurt over it.

 

[schuylaar]

lol not that was a direct attack on all the hypocrites' of this world, the faith didn't kill us all, now im not into new world order bullshit, nor aliens, when it happens it will happen, all im saying, Bout time JC came back and kicked butt with Gabriel. And ill have a front seat ticket lol

But can you imagine a world without the "prehistoric etiquette" book? Talk about the root of all evil? How much bloodshed would we NOT have? If only..hmm we'll, one can dream..

 

[schuylaar]

I was just making the point that sometimes we cause chaos, destruction or suffering without noticing it, without even thinking about it.

Do you like boxing, or football, or any violent movies or television shows? War movies, karate movies, animal documentaries, marvel movies, comic books, science fiction novels, zombie movies? Why do we watch them... why do we read them? Why do we choose to willfully subject ourselves to such violence? Why are we so entertained by this chaos and destruction? Yes, we can understand that most of it's all...fake, or made up, or acted out, but can we achieve the understanding of WHY we like to observe and watch these things?

Because it's in all of us.

Nobody wants to admit it... but we all know it.




It reminds me of any type of applied philosophy or theology;

"We all know that we don't know what the fuck is going on right now, if all of this reality is either a dream, a hell, a heaven, purgatory, a simulation, the beginning, the end... but nobody wants to admit that they don't know."



Knowing can sometimes be a scary thing, but i think not knowing... can be infinitely more terrifying.

People watch those things as merely an escape from their day to day lives..see psychology 101

 

[psilocybindude]

To believe that Christians were solely the victims of other religions threw out history is ridicules, when the Christians took Jerusalem for the first time they slaughtered all of there fellow brethren that resided behind the walls of the Muslim city, you can ask why all you want but the fact is that when you are pillaging an enemy city you don't stop to ask the question, what god do you believe in? Prior to the christian occupation of Jerusalem the Muslims lived in peace with their Christian and Jewish brothers, the first time the Muslims took Jerusalem back they let all of the citizens live, the first time the Christians took Jerusalem they killed 20-30k people via low estimates... Now ask your self who is really the righteous?

 

[psilocybindude]

And really who the fuck are you to talk about genocide learn your fucking history, during the invasion of the Americas 15 to 60 million native Americans died at the hands of European colonist yes that means you!

 

[psilocybindude]

The problem with so many of these Christians these days is that they think they are Jesus in the passion of the Christ but the fact is they are not Jesus, they are the Romans upholding the old gods...

 

[abalonehx]

The World would be better if all Christians and all other religious followers were destroyed and died out. Plain and simple. But especially Christians.

 

[cannabineer]

The World would be better if all Christians and all other religious followers were destroyed and died out. Plain and simple. But especially Christians.

That wouldn't have any effect. Humans are hard-wired for religion. We'll invent others, and if you'll forgive the julienned metaphor: better the devil we know. cn

 

[Beefbisquit]

I am not implying anything to you.

I am saying that anyone who called themselves a christian and killed others for not being christian is not a real christian. They have been hoodwinked and have fooled their heart. By the bible's own definition those "christians" will not be going to heaven.

Nice, the 'No true scotsman' fallacy makes its way into play!

 

[NietzscheKeen]

Nice, the 'No true scotsman' fallacy makes its way into play!

Finally! lol

 

[OldGrowth420]

Next week is Easter and I got to thinking about the crucifixion. Then I thought about modern day believers and this is some of what I found. It makes me sick to think about those that believed enough to sacrifice (actually murdered by others) themselves for their beliefs. I believe but I think I would fold like a house of cards.~

Rwanda: 800,000 dead. Armenia: 1 million. The Holocaust: More than 6 million.
World history is littered with exhibits of the utter brutality of mankind toward his fellow man.





But now a new project under way to recount a history that has not received the attention it deserves, the “militant atheist” campaign in the former Soviet Union on people of faith.


The staggering death toll of Christians alone, estimates the documentary, “Martyred in the USSR,” is 12 million.
One and a half times the population of New York. The equivalent of 20 cities the size of Denver. Six times the number of residents of Paris.

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Winterwoman, it's such a blessing to hear from you. We have such an obligation to the individuals we come into contact with to spread the light of Christ and it's so refreshing to hear some wholesome input on this site.

No matter what they do or say, Christians will continue to thrive and spread Christ's love on this Earth.

We won't back down and we wont surrender.

We fight for a cause and our cause is most just.

Love and Light to you from our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

[Zaehet Strife]

That wouldn't have any effect. Humans are hard-wired for religion. We'll invent others, and if you'll forgive the julienned metaphor: better the devil we know. cn

There will always be those who are too scared to admit they don't know. /shrug

 

[NietzscheKeen]

[video=youtube;nfv-Qn1M58I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfv-Qn1M58I[/video]

I found this this morning and it cracked me up. I just had to share.

Then watch this one next...

 

[NietzscheKeen]

OMG I just keep finding them! I can't believe I was this stupid growing up. I used to believe all this bs.

[video=youtube;FZFG5PKw504]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZFG5PKw504[/video]

 

[BustinScales510]

And really who the fuck are you to talk about genocide learn your fucking history, during the invasion of the Americas 15 to 60 million native Americans died at the hands of European colonist yes that means you!

Even if contact between the Europeans and Native Americans had been completely amicable, the majority of the native population still would have died. Diseases (brought by the Europeans) like small pox and the flu are estimated to have killed 90% of the native population. I dont say that to excuse the mistreatment and killing that did occur, just pointing out that a lot of those deaths werent intentional.

 

[PeyoteReligion]

if we didnt kill for religion we would find something else to kill for,

Thats a sweet way to justify religious massacres over the centuries...

 

[tyler.durden]

A banana and peanut butter, eh? I'd say this is the atheist's biggest nightmare. Hard to explain her without invoking an intelligent designer, don't know why theists don't bring her up more often. Best argument they have so far, she even hints to it in her first few lines of this tune -

[video=youtube;hbnPkK76Ask]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbnPkK76Ask[/video]