20060114
Christianity & the Aztecs: A New Perspective?
It's amusing that Christians are quick to condemn such practices as human sacrifice: their god seems to have no problem with it. Other than the wholesale slaughter of non-believers, he doesn't seem to mind asking thousands of followers for their lives, and he even took the life of his own son!
... Also, for a religion that is all about "loving thy neighbour," Christians are a hateful bunch. For example, take the crusades. You've got the Muslims out there and all of a sudden BAM! All these white guys with silly crosses on their shields and flailing swords are assaulting Muslim property!
and talk about racists, too! Jesus was a white guy from 37 A.D. coming out of Jerusalem? give me a fucking break. Has anyone SEEN a jew from jerusalem from the 0th century? White, blue-eyed, my ass! Yet, in a lot of churches, that's the jesus that meets you.
what about the inquisition, eh? Witch trials, anyone? Has anyone READ the old testament lately?
And then you have the church- Roman Catholic- "The world isn't round, and it sure as hell IS the center of the universe!" business with galileo. They threw him in a tower, for god's sake, because he said "The world is not the center of the universe, it rotates around the sun." Some pope got all pissed and they threw Gally into jail.
and every time some bullshit like this happens, Somebody comes along and says "oh damn, that incident 100 years ago? it's really hurting our image. Let's suddenly say that whoever was in power was wrong, and let's try and let it blow over!"
It's funny, then, how the church could be so wrong so many times, and every time they blame it on whoever was in charge, or simply say "we were wrong, God actually didn't say the world was flat, and no, even though we said it says that in the bible, it isn't there."
How many books of the bible are locked up in the vaults of the Roman Catholic Church? WHO decided, hundreds of years ago, what to include?
So, here are my reasons NOT to believe in christianity.
1) The church has been wrong on some major things throughout history. "The world is flat" and "the world is the center of the universe" are good examples. Like any good christians, they used biblical references to back themselves up. Yet now, They seem to have reversed their opinions of these things. Someone once said "The devil can qoute scripture to suit his needs as easily as any christian." Someone ELSE said "There's only one way to read the bible." Which way is it? Everyone has a different FUCKING opinion! But I digress. if the church can be wrong, on such major issues, so MANY times, why not on the most major ones of all?
2) Christians preach love and acceptance, but Christians (and Muslims) have more blood on their hands than any other religion. The old school motto read "disagree and you'd better flee, we'll hunt you down and burn your town." and seriously, it does! you've got four crusades, the inquisition, hell, there's more, even- gaybashing, you name it! When I used to be a methodist, I got condemned by a baptist, and that just ruined my shit right then.
When was the last time you heard about an aetheist killing someone over a religious disagreement? Yet christians- it's still happeneing today- Christians killing non-believers.
Maybe not in this perfect country. but somewhere.
3) The old testament reads like a male schovanistic "how to manipulate your woman into doing what you want" kind of book. It also reads like "slaughter the other side" novel, and even like a "don't eat these foods because they might be bad for you" health guide.
Except, in the old testament "health guide," the punishment for breaking the rules was sometimes death.
4) Too many of the books in the New testament weren't written by people alive at the time of Jesus' life. Don't believe me? I'm not going to back that up with fact- someone else can go find it.
5)Has anyone ever read revalations? I have, and it's utterly ridiculous. So much for the bad guy/good guy routine god pulls from old T to new T, he's right back at it with meteor showers, earthquakes, tidal waves, red moons signifying plagues, locusts that are actually demons eating people, all that.
what the hell is the point? plus, Revelations was written (most likely) by a raving mad man who was dying in jail.
There's more. WAY more.
the fact that some christians won't even accept the possiblity of evolution. are they saying evolution is too complicated for god? Because I am. I'm saying it's too complicated for their god.
the fact that a lot of christians are quick to talk and non-existent to listen.
C's are quick to condemn, quick to forgive, and they never forget.
you don't find many hardcore christians with an I.Q. over 130.
and finally (allthough there are many more reasons) my crowning, final reason:
you can live your entire life as a non-believer, as a crime commiter, a killer, a slaughterer, a rapist, a traitor, you can do any number of terrible, horrible, bad things- yet all it takes is one moment, one shining moment of acceptance of Jesus into your heart, and you're going to heaven.
Whilst, here I am, leading my life, being a good, loving, listening caring helpful individual, and I'm going to hell because I don't believe.
Well, I'll tell you something. I'm not going anywhere. I don't believe in your hell. Fuck you, God. Fuck you, Satan. and Finally, FUCK you, Christianity.
... Also, for a religion that is all about "loving thy neighbour," Christians are a hateful bunch. For example, take the crusades. You've got the Muslims out there and all of a sudden BAM! All these white guys with silly crosses on their shields and flailing swords are assaulting Muslim property!
and talk about racists, too! Jesus was a white guy from 37 A.D. coming out of Jerusalem? give me a fucking break. Has anyone SEEN a jew from jerusalem from the 0th century? White, blue-eyed, my ass! Yet, in a lot of churches, that's the jesus that meets you.
what about the inquisition, eh? Witch trials, anyone? Has anyone READ the old testament lately?
And then you have the church- Roman Catholic- "The world isn't round, and it sure as hell IS the center of the universe!" business with galileo. They threw him in a tower, for god's sake, because he said "The world is not the center of the universe, it rotates around the sun." Some pope got all pissed and they threw Gally into jail.
and every time some bullshit like this happens, Somebody comes along and says "oh damn, that incident 100 years ago? it's really hurting our image. Let's suddenly say that whoever was in power was wrong, and let's try and let it blow over!"
It's funny, then, how the church could be so wrong so many times, and every time they blame it on whoever was in charge, or simply say "we were wrong, God actually didn't say the world was flat, and no, even though we said it says that in the bible, it isn't there."
How many books of the bible are locked up in the vaults of the Roman Catholic Church? WHO decided, hundreds of years ago, what to include?
So, here are my reasons NOT to believe in christianity.
1) The church has been wrong on some major things throughout history. "The world is flat" and "the world is the center of the universe" are good examples. Like any good christians, they used biblical references to back themselves up. Yet now, They seem to have reversed their opinions of these things. Someone once said "The devil can qoute scripture to suit his needs as easily as any christian." Someone ELSE said "There's only one way to read the bible." Which way is it? Everyone has a different FUCKING opinion! But I digress. if the church can be wrong, on such major issues, so MANY times, why not on the most major ones of all?
2) Christians preach love and acceptance, but Christians (and Muslims) have more blood on their hands than any other religion. The old school motto read "disagree and you'd better flee, we'll hunt you down and burn your town." and seriously, it does! you've got four crusades, the inquisition, hell, there's more, even- gaybashing, you name it! When I used to be a methodist, I got condemned by a baptist, and that just ruined my shit right then.
When was the last time you heard about an aetheist killing someone over a religious disagreement? Yet christians- it's still happeneing today- Christians killing non-believers.
Maybe not in this perfect country. but somewhere.
3) The old testament reads like a male schovanistic "how to manipulate your woman into doing what you want" kind of book. It also reads like "slaughter the other side" novel, and even like a "don't eat these foods because they might be bad for you" health guide.
Except, in the old testament "health guide," the punishment for breaking the rules was sometimes death.
4) Too many of the books in the New testament weren't written by people alive at the time of Jesus' life. Don't believe me? I'm not going to back that up with fact- someone else can go find it.
5)Has anyone ever read revalations? I have, and it's utterly ridiculous. So much for the bad guy/good guy routine god pulls from old T to new T, he's right back at it with meteor showers, earthquakes, tidal waves, red moons signifying plagues, locusts that are actually demons eating people, all that.
what the hell is the point? plus, Revelations was written (most likely) by a raving mad man who was dying in jail.
There's more. WAY more.
the fact that some christians won't even accept the possiblity of evolution. are they saying evolution is too complicated for god? Because I am. I'm saying it's too complicated for their god.
the fact that a lot of christians are quick to talk and non-existent to listen.
C's are quick to condemn, quick to forgive, and they never forget.
you don't find many hardcore christians with an I.Q. over 130.
and finally (allthough there are many more reasons) my crowning, final reason:
you can live your entire life as a non-believer, as a crime commiter, a killer, a slaughterer, a rapist, a traitor, you can do any number of terrible, horrible, bad things- yet all it takes is one moment, one shining moment of acceptance of Jesus into your heart, and you're going to heaven.
Whilst, here I am, leading my life, being a good, loving, listening caring helpful individual, and I'm going to hell because I don't believe.
Well, I'll tell you something. I'm not going anywhere. I don't believe in your hell. Fuck you, God. Fuck you, Satan. and Finally, FUCK you, Christianity.
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