RE: How's Everyone Feeling Right Meow?
July 15, 2017 at 11:51 pm
(This post was last modified: July 15, 2017 at 11:52 pm by Silver.)
(July 15, 2017 at 11:45 pm)*Deidre* Wrote: Unfortunately, religion divides. In the NT, Jesus tells his followers that ''people will hate you, because they hated me, first.'' And sadly, many believers find that passage to mean that tension, division and bigotry is acceptable in Christianity so long as you can link it to Scripture, somehow. (but call it something else) Division and bigotry is looked upon as ''love'' when believers are trying to bring a stray ''sheep'' back to the flock. I just find the whole thing at this point, and have for some time, to be disingenuous.
Supporting people despite their differences is a great example of love.
The mind always wants to see reason, and religious people tend to see reason against their beliefs as a test; as though god is testing them like he did with Job.
The worst part I remember when I was leaving the faith was the absolute harshness being directed at me from people who were absolute saints so long as I was a believer amidst them.
And that is not love. That is not even Christian.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
~ Erin Hunter
