Well then look at it from the perspective of the belief in an immortal old man with a white beard, sitting on a cloud and deciding who gets to come join him on the clouds and who gets to burn in some wasteland. Then of course, there's the whole issue with the son of god just being a dude with magic powers who got murdered by people who thought he was not the son of god and to prove he was the son of god, he showed up again a week later and ascended to heaven or whatever. If you were to claim that a similar thing happened to anyone else, they would have called you mental. That's the problem with religion. Also, I apologise, but there is literally no way to get that argument across without offending people.
I'm Christian, I believe in god, but I think those nutjobs who accuse things as being made by the devil or are the devil, and think other religions are wrong about everything should just stop before they corrupt the next generation with their ridiculous propaganda.
But he came back, right? Jesus descended from the heavens. heavens are up and the stars are up. Jesus = alien. That explains the miracles, the virgin birth and all that other junk he was said to do. So it's either alien or fairy tale.
This just makes me want to cry; it's these a**holes that make Religion and God look bad. And the sad thing is that these kids will turn out just like her.
I grew up in central Georgia in a tiny, conservative christian school. I was subject to brainwashing just like this, and in spite of my mother and father's awesome parenting to teach me to think for myself, I have been surrounded by people like this literally since the third grade. This is the exact reason that I don't go to church or claim a denomination; it always leads to more hate! These people need to remember the story of Elijah. For those not familiar, I'll summarize. Elijah was told by God to stand at the mountain top and listen for the message God was going to deliver him. There was a massive storm and wind, followed by a colossal earth quake and then a huge fire. But through all this, the Lord did not speak to Elijah. Then, the Lord finally spoke, but God did not speak in any of these grand, flamboyant ways. He spoke in a still, small voice: a whisper. This is the way the christian faith was meant to be. The greatest testimony is not the grand speeches of an evangelist, or the hate filled rants of self righteous, self appointed prophets. The greatest testimony is the life that a true christian lives, and the attitude they follow. They cannot represent God throughout hate, because God is not hate. God is love, and therefore the best way to follow the church's beliefs is to... wait for it... Love and Tolerate.
People like in that video are in for one HELL of a surprise when they reach the pearly gates. Being a Christian myself, I'm pretty sure we're suppose to spread our faith through compassion and love, not fear and hatred.
Bill Nye once thought that parents should not force their religion on their children. They should be free to grow up and make their own decisions. This is exactly why.
As a Christian, I can't say anything that would mean me going against the New Testament's philosophies. Let's ignore the story of Jesus, and talk about Hs teachings. It's to spread peace, love, kindness, and also other things that are good. It also teaches about how to avoid temptations such as getting addicted to "the magical word". If those who don't believe pay more attention to the lessons and less trying to debunk the story(Which honestly always confuses me. I always question which side to choose on a lot of matters), then we may would be seen in a better light. And as for that vid, didn't need to watch it to know what it's about...
I've seen a few of these and honestly they do annoy me, to some degree, I can understand why the parents might want to keep things like Harry Potter away from young children, because well, it's got magic and witchcraft in it, I'm not saying it';s bad for something like that to have magic and witchcraft, in fact it makes for a really cool story, but the children are young and impressionable, they might think it's fun to go and try practise that stuff to see if it's real, which the parents wouldn't want of course if they are religious. But, I see nothing wrong with letting a child get exposed to fantasy and things like harry potter, so long as they know it's not real. It all comes down to good parenting, don't lock your child away in this little figurative box so that nothing can happen to them, how are they going to learn how to grow up then? Let them experience things in life, let them learn from things, so long as you are there to watch over them nothing that you don't want to happen will happen.
Dogma, dogma, dogma, dogma, hatred, dogma, political crap, dogma... That basically summarizes what used to happen when went to church. The hatred makes up a very small fraction, but the political stuff is pretty bad. Back on topic: One time my old church handed out publications about the "Da Vinci Code" and how false it actually is, and how it's anti-Christian and all that. Hello? It's a work of fiction, hence it being from the fiction section. Besides, I've enjoyed each and every book in the series (that I had read). Oh, and where does Harry Potter factor into religion? Harry Potter doesn't undermine religion, or at least it shouldn't.
