Oh religion how you torment me

Aug 19, 2009 16:36

So someone from my highschool added me on facebook, he was the 'weird' kid at school - kinda meandered around walking in circles talking to himself. He never really did anything much.. his grades were abysmal and he always got his parents to get him out of things like school sports, detentions, and camps. Fairly sure he had some kind of ( Read more... )

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rantipole6 August 19 2009, 10:15:02 UTC
I never understood the intense focus of fundamentalist Christians on homosexuality and abortion. Okay, so abortion stops a beating heart, blah blah blah. War kills people too. And what about genocide in Sudan? Or rape? Or human trafficking? All of these things are cruel and inhumane, so why aren't there billboards calling for an end to sexual assault all across rural Minnesota?

I can see being a Christian of you're an intense student of the Bible. But if you're focusing on parts of the Bible that aren't as significant as sentiments like "judge not lest ye be judged" that large segments of a population prone to manipulation by charismatic religious figures, it smacks of blind faith rather than faith based on an actual search for truth and meaning (you know, hard mental work).

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slimy_earthworm August 19 2009, 15:48:19 UTC
couldn't agree more

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vikusias August 19 2009, 12:58:29 UTC
Wat.

Is this the guy that was obsessed with Digimon or something?

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slimy_earthworm August 19 2009, 15:48:38 UTC
haha yep that's the one

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