(November 12, 2013 at 10:48 am)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: Christianity, and a few other religions actually, definitely does give people the idea that they're superior to the rest. God bless America, right? For some reason, god is always on the side of the christians, how can that not make you feel superior? Slave owners used the bible to justify what they were doing, abolitionists used it to justify what they were doing, kkk also used god to justify their shit, so did those that burned witches. To think that it doesn't make anyone feel superior is absurd. If you don't feel superior, why bother sending missionaries out to convert others? Because you believe that you know what's best for them! And the amount of effort put into evangelizing proves my point that this is a rather widespread phenomenon.I agree, people in the Bible did awful things, people have used the Bible as justification to do even worse things. However, the Bible is about people. I think we need to take into account that people are not perfect, they make mistakes. Also, I would like to argue that deconstructionism is not a good thing, especially when applied to the Bible. The author of any book has a meaning in mind when they write it, and if you simply interpret what they wrote in your own way, it won't make sense and you may end up using it incorrectly.
If I wasn't clear, please say so.
Thanks!
mattpaul42
