.... Christianity to me is just a faith, something that i believe it. It does not bind me or limit me to doing anything. It's something that i believe in, i believe that there is something more out there, and i just so happen to believe in God. Yes, i have heard about all this crap Christians killing people etc. etc. and i don't have any other defence but that Christians are still humans, and humans, frankly, are stupid in some ways.
Yes, it is a faith. You believe it though because you have been told to, not because you believe it from within yourself. Society and your family have told you to believe it, but the fact is that you yourself do not know why you follow it. In years to come, I guarantee you will question it. And very strongly too.
Art and music are indeed good things that have come from Christianity, and yes, they are by-products of faith itself, but where would the inspiration have come from in the 1st place?
Yes, agreed, most certainly. Faith is not bad, not at all. It *is* good to have faith, but faith in something which restricts you? Which condemns non-believers as evil? Isn't this contextually a form of seperation at its core? Segragation at its root is the fundamental of unequalist movements such as mysogeny, racism and homophobia.
I have read the Bible, and there are things that i agree and disagree with. I do agree that women should submit to their husbands, for example. But that is if only the husbands are asking for things appropriate.
Why submit? Why is a man more than a woman? Are we not of the same stock? Are we not equal? Are you trying to say you're happy being told you're weaker for not being a man? Fuck submission. Not once have I ever accepted being with a girl who sees herself as my inferior, you should be seeing yourself as strong and equal, and nothing else! The Bible blinds you into thinking you're worthless.
The church is indeed, fucked up, i have learnt that from past experience, so i agree with you there. But there you go again with the Buddhism=yes, Christianity=no. It's WHAT i believe in. It's what i believe Jesus did when He lived.
Again, it's what you've been told to believe.
Do you know how non-Christian women of science were treated in the days of Alexandria at its educational peak in civilisation? The Knights of the Templar skinned women of science ALIVE for not being Christian.
The Catholic Church killed Cathar Christians in France for being dualists! Yet they loved Christ too! How can this atrocity be justified? And now look at how the world repulses at the acts of extremist Muslims, yet Christians have done the same for hundreds of years! We have a fundamentalist Christian occupying Iraq right now!
These organised religions have NO place in today's society imo. They bring nothing but death, anger and inequality. They endorse sexual inequality to the masses, and you swallow the lies whole, how can you possibly think this is normal? Doesn't this upset you? Why blindly submit to being told you are worth less? How the hell can people not allow themselves to be free?
EDIT: I'm sorry if this comes across as being a personal attack, it's not meant to be. The fact is, you're a woman allowing yourself to be forced into second place by organised religion, you should be fighting back!
This seems to be his personal opinion, as well as the immediate following passage about the submission of women. I believe women should be treated equal to men. Again, the gender inequality was a factor of the era, and even as early as the New Testament, it was suggested in many passages that followers treat each other better than themselves, and with respect.
