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Originally posted by KwikR6
I find it funny how people in India can study their religion and dedicate themselves completely to their religion and they are accepted and loved within thieir community, or Jew's, or Buddhist's.....but when a Christian devotes themselves to their religion they are considered stupid, and blind, and brainwashed. Sorry just a rant
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Well...I think that's a bit of a oversimplification. Lots of people who devote themselves to christianity are looked highly up by members of their community. Shit...look at the pope (a.k.a. Captain Popetastic). Millions upon millions of people worldwide look to him for guidance and whatnot. If you want proof, look no farther than devout roman catholics in Africa. They're dying in record numbers from AIDS, yet they still won't wear condoms because the pope doesn't think it's ok. I think organized religion in it's entirety is a sham...a lot like Kierkergaard. I don't think that a god lives in a statue or a symbol or a building, rather that it lives in those who believe. I happen to find the tenants of catholicism (and some other sects of christianity) utterly ridiculous...but that's not to say it's ALL crap. There's a lot of life lessons that, if one has the rationality to see the subtext rather than being a blind sycophant, people could learn something from. Then again...I'm also more prone to believing in things that are tangiable and proveable.
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