RE: Christians: how do you sleep at night?
February 21, 2015 at 9:56 pm
(This post was last modified: February 21, 2015 at 9:57 pm by Losty.)
(February 21, 2015 at 5:57 am)Norman Humann Wrote: This has probably already been done to death, but I don't care.
I have a question for all of you Christians out there. How the fuck do you sleep at night? You're subscribing to a religion which bases its survival on people's weaknesses and exploits them. Does that bother you at all, or do you refuse to acknowledge it?
The very idea that you need to baptised before you're a human being is disgusting. We're god's perfect creation, but we're born sick? God is merciful and forgiving, but won't let you into his VIP club in the afterlife if you don't get water poured over your head?
The idea of confession isn't any better. Because the priests are obviously such better people than you, they will listen to all your human little misdeeds and oh so mercifully forgive you. It's sickening.
Religion also enforces the idea of thought crime. That's nothing more but a neat little trick to make people feel even more guilty for something they can't control. Your very thoughts are sinful. It does make a lot of sense, though: if you punish people for thinking, they might stop doing it, eventually.
The question that bugs me is, do all those priests, pastors and bishops really believe the bullshit they're preaching or did they just get a neat deal of deceiving the gullible and making money off of it?
Most people are completely blind to the harm their religion does to others. I know enough enough poor pastors to know they're not all in it for the money.
I came into this thread thinking I was going to get all my complaints against Christianity and Christians out and feel relieved. The truth is, most people are good. Most people are just going about their lives trying to be the best they can be. Sure, there are people who do terrible things, especially in the name of religions, but I think the vast majority of them truly believe they're doing what's right.
You can never move on until choose to stop trying to understand them and start trying to heal and understand yourself. Good luck. Lots of hugs and love. It isn't easy to recover from religion when you've been abused and traumatized by it, but you're most certainly not alone.
