Friday, 25 July 2008

• Things Are Heating Up

  Okay, I have to be leaving for work shortly so I will make this in-between entry as brief as possible.
  
  I'm working on Part II of the Revedeath post and I think it will shape up very nicely. I'll be focusing less on the staff of Revelife and more on the USERS of Revelife and their comments. Suffice to say, I'm shocked at the things I have read. If you are curious about anything, check out the following links:
  
  Can Women Be Church Leaders?
  
  God Heals With A Knife - Stop Complaining
  
  Question Of The Day: Watching Horror Movies
  
  And of course, the biggest one I'm a part of right now:
  
  Christians Are Not Brainwashed And Deluded
  
  Taken from that entry is the following post of mine:
  
  

  Your expression and opinion is far different than that of the person I commented previously. His belief is that his way of life is superiour and that those of MY kind (the uncleansed, so to speak) will never be privy to "ultimate love" unless we accept a religion that we do not agree with. I have no real problem with Christianity, other than the fact that it is grossly misrepresented, abhorrently perverted (especially in modern times) by many followers and zealots, and that a fair number of the "Teachings" found in the Bible can be construed as sexist, controlling, manipulative, demeaning, and depricating to the human being.
  

  
  

  My religious beliefs are in no jeopardy, so I find nothing threatening about your religious beliefs. What I find threatening to ALL of MANKIND is the belief that many Modern Day Christians (not all) hold: "Accept Our Beliefs Or We'll Hurt You". Look at the Westboro Baptist Church. See the damage they do and the people they hurt in "the name of God and His teachings". THAT is what is threatening. People like GuitarGuy, who want everyone else to believe that not believing in Jesus and "God" will inevitably give them the eternal screw over are causing damage to people and the world through psychological threats/warfare. It's insidious and demoralizing. It also goes against the basic teachings of Jesus.
  

  
  Worse still, is when someone as zealotous as GuitarGuy try to bend the "rules" of the Bible to meet their own ends. Love Thy Neighbour... Unless He Disagrees With Your Beliefs. Or better yet, "Take Leviticus's writings and take them LITERALLY. God hates Gays. BUT! The passages proclaiming women as inferiour to men? Those are open for interpretation."
  
  No. If you are taking the Bible literally, you can't just pick and choose what's literal and what is not. The major claim is that the Bible is 100% TRUTH right? Well then doesn't that mean there is no room for interpretation? If I'm to accept Leveticus, and Revelations, and Job, and Mark at face value, what makes those passages any different?
  
  It's a nonsensical circumstancial backpeddaling that upsets me. It's the egotistical, holier-than-thou mindset that angers me. Not because they are right, but because they are naive, foolish, and ignorant to other people's ideas, beliefs, or feelings. It's not love. It is oppression, degredation, and demoralization, all in the name of glorifying themselves, and their belief system.
  
  But it must be hard to understand why any of this would offend someone. Very hard indeed.
  
  I do have to disagree with your last point. True freedom is not found in "the absolute truth, of "God's" Word". True freedom is being able to DECIDE what is TRUTH and what is not. Blindly accepting someone else's viewpoint as TRUTH is not freedom. It is brainwashing. If someone researches and makes the decision that "God's" Word is right for them, that is fine. That is understandable. But I cannot condone mindless, drone-like espousings of the Bible in my face as TRUTH. Especially when I've done MY research and found it all to be not to my liking.
  
  So while Christians are proclaiming that they are being persecuted, what about me? What about when I have to listen to some Halo Chucker tell me I'm going to Hell and I'm a shitty person because I don't agree with their faith? How is that acceptable? How is that "Loving Thy Neighbour"? Freedom is the ability to CHOOSE; the ability to THINK for oneself; the ability to REASON, to UNDERSTAND, to ACCEPT those around you. Then, and only then (in my opinion) is one truly Free.
  
  But to say someone cannot and is not Free unless they accept your views, your way of life?
  
  That is oppression.

  
  And there you have your filler before my second post about Revelife and how it is just an utter piece of shit. Stay tuned. I'm about to get madder, meaner, and blow your head off with a 12 gauge.
  
  But for now, I have to take a break. The comments I keep reading are so offensive and upsetting, I feel my anger rising and my IQ lowering.
  
  

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