| I have had this discussion multiple times with friends and I do agree with much of what has been said here about the problems with religion, the bible, and everything else that has been spewed here on this thread. I never fully bought into Christianity even when I was a kid and was forced to go to church and to a protestant school. Now that I have some education and can make more of an informed decision about how I feel.
The problem I have is that I know religion is BS and I know religion is half the reason wars are started and much of the bloodshed throughout history, but I still have respect for it. I still go to church once in awhile, not because I believe in the literal message, but because some of what churches stand for are good messages in general. Hey! Don't kill someone else or rob him! Be nice to people and try not to lie to them. There are quite a few messages that are preached and you can absolutely argue that you can get these values outside of the church but there are also some decent people that go to church. Not the bible beaters and hell raisers but the normal everyday dude that will give you a ride if your car is broken down or go out of their way to help someone or say hi to someone.
If you want to beat the average person down with logic on how religion is bullshit, go for it. But I don't understand all the hate that comes with it. | 