I'm not insulting the whole concept of Christianity. I'm insulting the concept that getting ashes smeared on your head and giving up trivial things in your life is pointless. The "stories" and "reasons" why people do that are fabricated tales. It only takes common sense to realize that if you pray every day and do everything a good Catholic is supposed to, you are not a better person, you do not have a better life, and you are not more fortunate in life than those that don't. And that proves that it's crap. If believing certain things makes you feel more whole and good inside, then I'm all for that - completely - and that's what it should be fore. But I do despise the Catholic church and for what it stands for. It's supposed to be about kindess, acceptance, and love. If all of those things can describe the Catholic religion, why are they against people of the same sex marrying if they love each other? Why are they against women's rights? Why are most so naive and full of hate? That's all I'm saying. I can't imagine how anyone with a conscious could be part of a religion that blatantly puts down other people, when it's supposed to be all about love. And don't even get me started on confession...
Skittles: All the power to you if you observe random religious holidays. It doesn't make sense to me, because if you don't know what they're for and don't believe in the ideals of the religion it's meaningless, but if it makes you feel "good," then atleast it's working for you. Just like giving up soda. That has nothing to do with religion. If it makes you feel like you have a will power and some control in your life, then I guess it works but that's also why people are bulemic. And you gave up meat why? Because of a religious tradition you don't believe in, but partook in anyway? I gave up meat long ago because of moral issues - surely nothing to do with "Jesus."
And no, I wouldn't tell a Buddhist, or people of any other religion that their beliefs are ridiculous. Every other religion makes sense and everything is for a reason. I do not practice religion - I think organized religion is a terrible thing - but I identify more with the principles of Buddhism than any other religious sect. I don't believe in certain aspects, but so much of it is science and fact, rather than just based on a foolish book of fabricated literature, like THE BIBLE. It is foolish that people live their life based on a book that was written by men about other men. Most of it just fabricated "tales" filled with morals, yes, but religion also so easily brings out the evil in people. And in the end, I just think that Catholics and Christians are just big walking contraditions. Most of them, anyway. It's pathetic and sad.
Some quotes to make you think:
"The trait of flexibility, which is so essential to effective emotional functioning, is frequently blocked and sabotaged by profound religiousity. For the person who dogmatically believes in god, and who sustains this belief with a strong faith unfounded on fact - wich a pious religionist of course does - clearly is not open to many aspects of change and, instead, sees things narrowly and bigotedly."
"Man will never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction."
"To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin"
"It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in exchange for something after death. Even corporations with their reward systems don't try to make it posthumous."
"With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and even people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."
"They strongly believe in rigid and unvalidatable assumptions precisely because they are often afraid to follow their own preferences and aims. They demand a guarantee that they will be safe and secure, come what may; and since the real world does not provide them with any such guarantee, they invent some God or other higher power that will presumably give it to them."
"Religion is based mainly upon fear - fear of the mysterious, fear of death. Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand. My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race."
"The conclusion seems inescapable that religiosity is, on almost every conceivable count, opposed to the normal goals of mental health."
"The Bible is not the verbally inspired, inerrant word of God; it is just a collection of contraditory, discrepant books that were written by superstitious ethnocentrics who thought that the hand of God was directing the destiny of the Hebrew people..."
Sorry for the evil RANT, but I think a lot of those quotes are perfect.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
) that I am not religious at all. You should only imagaine what some of the Jews believe in. I mean, it's not wrong, but it sure ain't my ways of living. .jpg?format=auto&width=300)
