Religion Getting a Bad Rap!

[Danzig]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew..._b_684551.html


try reading that dell, perhaps it'll help you to understand where i'm coming from. or maybe not.
maybe you'll just call me carnac or riotesque some more. whatever.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew..._b_684551.html


try reading that dell, perhaps it'll help you to understand where i'm coming from. or maybe not.
maybe you'll just call me carnac or riotesque some more. whatever.

You're coming to the belief 9 of 10 really don't believe in God based on one's actions not words then.

(Compare: if you really believed that the bridge you were about to cross was going to collapse, would you even chance driving over it?)

So using that logic 9 of 10 cigarette smokers do not believe smoking causes cancer and death.

Compare: If you really believed that cigarettes cause cancer, would you light up?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

You're coming to the belief 9 of 10 really don't believe in God based on one's actions not words then.



So using that logic 9 of 10 cigarette smokers do not believe smoking causes cancer and death.

Compare: If you really believed that cigarettes cause cancer, would you light up?

first off, 9/10 isn't something you can extrapolate for all cases/questions/scenarios based on one survey.

i'd imagine that most smokers think they won't get cancer. typically, when someone engages in a risky behavior, they don't really consider that they are at risk.
for instance, if i rode a motorcycle, i wouldn't necessarily be afraid of riding it, or think i'd be in an accident. however, i'm not happy at all knowing my son owns one. you don't worry about yourself in those types of situations. smokers know full well the risk, and decide to engate in it anyway.

and it is both words and deeds that tell me what people are like. i mean, if people really believed-why do people willingly break many of the ten commandments on a regular basis? why do people struggle so hard to live longer, if they really know heaven and a better life is waiting? why would people say 'i'm going to church just in case'-if god is all knowing, wouldn't he know they're just hedging their bets??

i used to smoke- i never took the dangers into thought. and i didn't quit because of warning labels, i quit because i no longer wanted to pay the price, which was about to jump.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Danzig

why do people struggle so hard to live longer, if they really know heaven and a better life is waiting? .

Why do so many people ask for last rights on their death beds? Are they taking the lie of believing in God to the grave?

Why do people go to confession? Adorn their lawns with the Virgin Mary? Hang crucifixes in their homes? Get married in the church? Give their money willingly to the church? Raise their children with the belief of God? Baptize their children? Memorize the stupid song 'this little light of mine' not to mention kumbaya.

Quite the charade a good portion of this country is engaged in if your assumptions are correct.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Why do so many people ask for last rights on their death beds? Are they taking the lie of believing in God to the grave?

Why do people go to confession? Adorn their lawns with the Virgin Mary? Hang crucifixes in their homes? Get married in the church? Give their money willingly to the church? Raise their children with the belief of God? Baptize their children? Memorize the stupid song 'this little light of mine' not to mention kumbaya.

Quite the charade a good portion of this country is engaged in if your assumptions are correct.

lol
yes, a great many are playing charades. why do they do it? it's what they're supposed to do. maybe they find reassurance from those actions. i'm sorry if this is a struggle for you. some people have death bed conversions, many are hedging their bets (and it's last rites, not rights). then there are folks like my mother in law, who is many, many things....including a hateful, racist, bigoted homophobe...who has a statue of the virgin mary on her front lawn. she is in church on every sunday and holy day...why, she even showed just how 'nice' she can be by repeatedly asking the visiting priest from nigeria to dinner. the first time she asked, he said no. same as the second. so she figured she was 'safe' and kept asking..well, he felt more comfortable after being there a bit, and accepted. so then, she showed how she really felt when she apologized to the others that were coming because he'd be there!!!! lmao. they were all appalled. yeah, her true colors came out.
it was the funniest thing i can remember in some time. she never asked him again after that.
if you sleep in a garage, you don't start calling yourself a car, do you? but because many go to church and play the part, they call themselves christian-and they really aren't. matter of fact, a study showed evangelists are more prone to be racist, divorced, bigot, etc. so yeah, that's one of many reasons religion gets a bad rap.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Danzig

lol
yes, a great many are playing charades. why do they do it? it's what they're supposed to do. maybe they find reassurance from those actions. i'm sorry if this is a struggle for you. some people have death bed conversions, many are hedging their bets (and it's last rites, not rights). then there are folks like my mother in law, who is many, many things....including a hateful, racist, bigoted homophobe...who has a statue of the virgin mary on her front lawn. she is in church on every sunday and holy day...why, she even showed just how 'nice' she can be by repeatedly asking the visiting priest from nigeria to dinner. the first time she asked, he said no. same as the second. so she figured she was 'safe' and kept asking..well, he felt more comfortable after being there a bit, and accepted. so then, she showed how she really felt when she apologized to the others that were coming because he'd be there!!!! lmao. they were all appalled. yeah, her true colors came out.
it was the funniest thing i can remember in some time. she never asked him again after that.
if you sleep in a garage, you don't start calling yourself a car, do you? but because many go to church and play the part, they call themselves christian-and they really aren't. matter of fact, a study showed evangelists are more prone to be racist, divorced, bigot, etc. so yeah, that's one of many reasons religion gets a bad rap.

Jerry Sandusky went to church every Sunday.. Just sayin.

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by jms62

Jerry Sandusky went to church every Sunday.. Just sayin.

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