In less than a 24 hour period I witnessed utter madness on both the television and the internet. Both instances made me sick to my stomach and have caused a level of livid I have never experienced before in my life. If I can have your attention for just a few minutes I would like to help bring to light this madness. Or at the very least give my opinion. And as always you are free to take what I write as you wish and comment as you will.
Religion as defined by Merriam-Webster Online is "a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices" (Merriam-Webster). That is one definition in the total of no less than four separate definitions listed.It is the one that stood out as the most complete to me, and that is what I want to discuss first.
There are no less than 20 major religions in the world today. Each with its own set of rules and regulations on how to live your life. Most boasting that any other religion is evil and the belief in any other system is punishable. I am not being in the least extreme. Our recent military climate has put us at odds with a religion that condones suicide if you are killing and infidel in the process. An infidel is a person or persons who denies the existence of a certain deity or religion. That is where we are, right now. Has history taught us nothing. Were the crusades not enough, but I have gotten off point.
Last night, at about 3:00am I was laying in bed. I was flipping through the channels on the television when I came across shit. I could not watch long enough to get his name, but I did watch long enough to get his message. His message was the most blatant stereotype, and horror ensued in its simplicity. Send this man $273 and you could have sown the seed of financial redemption. He had the gall to profess that God told him that with this message he could financially save the lives of those who heeded the call of 2.7.3 . I was red with anger, so much so to the point that it took everything in me not to yell at the tv like a madman myself.
It is crap like this that is causing the death of Christianity, well true Christianity and how it was meant to be. But again, that is a subject for another day. It is stuff like this that makes me glad I do not associate with the craziness that is religion.
Then today, not but an hour before this is being written I saw on Facebook horror. Utter and complete horror, and its name is Kidnapped for Christ. A form of teen "therapy," a school where teens are forcibly sent to in the Dominican Republic. Its a school of aversion therapy, used to turn teen gays back into the arms of Christ. Sick. These kids are taken in the middle of the night with no notice or warning. Their parents condoning and watching as the child is dragged away to a hellish place. Where they are forced to live like slaves. Where they are shown how much hurt they are causing the people around them by being hurt themselves. Yeah, that's Gods plan...hurt them till they love me. It is being made into a feature length documentary. I urge you to watch it when it is released. Don't allow this to happen any longer. If you don't believe me. Visit the site www.kidnappedforchrist.com , see the trailer, try not to cry or vomit.
Religion does not have anything to do with your god. In fact religion has more to do with your political stance. Who you vote for in an election. What schools you take your kids too. What teachers are permitted to teach. The list can go on and on. Religion sways the way we condone life and our experiences. Even I am subject to this truth. That is why I HATE religion, though I am not an Atheist. Which I consider a religion as well but that is a totally different discussion for another day.
Religion is a political tool. It has been a tool used to sway the masses into following a certain idea or way of life. And it has been this way for eons. From the earliest societies to today. Hence there is a dark side to religion. It can be used to prey on the weak minded individual and twist what could be beautiful into something deformed.
Rid yourself of religion...purge it away. Don't require the validation of others to believe what you believe, no matter what you believe.If you wish to grow closer to God, then do so. But do not required a fellowship to back your decision. To hell with everyone...the church, your senator, your president, whoever..if they do not agree..let them. You have to grow closer in your own way.
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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary copyright © 2012 by Merriam-Webster, Incorporated
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