I Feel Guilty Making Fun of These People

I agree, but we must always use persuasion and not force. Freedom of conscience requires that we tolerate those we disagree with. The good news is that the power of reason is immensely compelling — much more so than faith — so we do have an advantage.

Daniel, did you ever see the film Jesus Camp? It’s one of the creepiest things I’ve ever seen. Well, aside from Trekkies.

This was sent to me by a friend the other day. Pitiful. I agree with ncloud that everyone needs freedom of conscious and should be allowed to choose. It is sad that people are indoctrinated into belief systems like this, BUT, I have known many people that grow up and change their entire belief system.

The answer doesn’t just have to be atheism, what if there really is a “god” or whatever power that created everything, does it have to be anywhere near what the human concept of that god is, I mean the problem with organized religions are they are usually founded on some superstition and then become tradition, which will then be manipulated by those in power over time until they no longer resemble anything of worth.

People can be spiritual, have religious beliefs, etc. But why is there this overwhelming need to push it on others or hold all other systems in disdain? Fear. Fear that someone else might be right. Well, I think that you have to be able to question faith. You have to be able to question any theory. There is a definite problem with ANY system that cannot allow followers and non followers to question the validity of anything not proven to be law.

On the flip side, I have seen adults that mock the Tooth Fairy, but are die-hard christians, that will not question any of the paradoxes of their faith. Some of which have talked about how they have even left the church, but there is still something burned in their consciousness that makes them hold on to some aspect of the religion. I think that is fear. Fear that they could be wrong and burn in Hell.

But any god worth worshipping would not send good people to Hell for questioning faith, and especially would not send some of these horrors of the human race to heaven simply because they claimed to be “christian”.

Sorry, got on a rant there.

Yeah, I saw the Jesus camp stuff. Very frightening.