This post came from my cousin's myspace. I thought it was interesting.... what are your thoughts? Obvisouly he's not a christian.... quite the opposite actually.... satanist.... but nonetheless I love him just the same... if not more.
Christian Beliefs
11 - You say that you are the most peacful religion but you are responsible for the most deaths, tortures, and extortion known to man.
10- You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of your god.
9- You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from lesser life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt
8- You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Trinity god
7- Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" -- including women, children, and trees!
6- You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.
5- You are willing to spend your life looking for little loop-holes in the scientifically established age of the Earth (4.55 billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by pre-historic tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that the Earth is a couple of generations old.
4- You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects -- will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet you consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving".
3- While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to prove Christianity.
2- You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.
1- You actually know a lot less than many Atheists and Agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history -- but still call yourself a Christian!
2 comments:
Well, many of the points he brought up hit close to the mark, as Christians we have a big name to live up to. It is easy to point to a "christian" & find fault; mainly b/c we're human just like the rest. And we often fail at what we know we should be doing. In other words we're no better than any one else. It is a shame that other religions know the bible better than we do....I guess we can get the attitude like your cousin presents. That we THINK we're better & know more. Reality check...we're still learning too!
ps-love the new look. Want to work on mine??? It's so boring!
How right he is. BUT at the same time, other religions have their own beliefs full of inconsistancies as well. I'm not a terribly religious person, but I do think people need something to believe in that is "bigger" or "larger" than we are. If not - the world would all seem to cruel too intolerable. Religion gives people hope - and that is something that everyone needs. There are the extremes to the secular and non-secular that create problems and disagreements.
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