The Christianity Thread

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by Plankton

I had christianity forced down my throat for a long time. I've been to bible school. My Uncle was the Pastor. My Grandmother made me go to church 2-3 times a week. Organized religion is the earliest form of fear mongering, but the elements of peace are intertwined into so much bullshit, it's almost impossible to distinguish between what's absurd and what's cold hard fact.

I guess I was lucky as a kid I never had religion force down my throat, maybe only Brussels sprouts and Lima beans. (No offense to people living in Belgium or Peru.) I am not too concern what is cold hard facts. Like for example Aesop's fables, I don't dismiss them on the scientific grounds animals can't speak. How ever the story is presented it is a keeper if there is some kind of life lesson to it, or if they reveal some kind of truth about the world we live in. I am not saying just because it is "religion" it is automatically flawless.

For me it's almost an impossible task to sift through four millennia of human history to show Judaeo-Christianity isn't as bad as people make it out to be. As for me if there are few things I can gleam from it then it has some worth. Things like peace, love and understanding.