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[serai]

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By way of dark_christian, here's an amusing way to spend your Saturday night:


Fundies Say The Damndest Things


Bizarre and outrageous quotes from the Jesus Whackateria.


*stares* The stupid...it's so sparkly. I can't look away!

Comments

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

My dear, I believe it is real. My sister and her husband were stationed in Florida when he was in the Navy, and she told me that there were Baptist missionaries who would come around visiting the neighborhoods, handing out tracts, and they would begin their proselytizing by asking, "Have you accepted Christ as your personal savior?" and if you said no, they would say, "Did you know you're going to hell?"

My own beliefs are different from most of my family. But my sister is a Christian, and believes in the whole thing. My older brother was a Church of God minister who had to retire when his health got too bad for him to continue. My younger brother is a Church of God minister. You don't get more fundamental than that. But none of them would say such a thing to anyone. They will witness to their faith and talk to anyone who wants to talk about it, but I can't see any of them saying such a stupid, ignorant, hate-promoting thing as that.

I laugh at them, but I don't underestimate them. They'd have all of us living under their oppressive rule if they could manage it.

[samena.livejournal.com]

I went to the church wedding of a classmate of mine in march, where she was confirmed before everyone and had to declare she was sinful and ashamed of herself, and then accept Jesus as her lord and saviour. I thought that was a bit harsh, on her wedding day, but apparently it's normal. The whole thing seemed terribly iffy to me.

Yeah, the lord save us from the fundamentalist who do all these crazy things in his name. I am convinced the way they go about matters is not what he intended at all. They are just so clueless, it's not even funny. Well, sometimes it is, but other times it's just sad, and scary.

[serai1.livejournal.com]

People like that don't have anything to do with Jesus. They go on and on about how much they love him, but he's really just a hood ornament to them. The way they behave proves that they don't actually listen to a word he said.

[samena.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Because Jesus is all about love, but to these asshats love is only good when it's between good, upstanding, God fearing people, like themselves. Love between people of different races, or love between people of the same sex is sinful. Ehm, yes, but isn't love unconditional and undiscriminating? Apparently not. Well, to use a very bad pun: I'm preaching to the choir here. It's totally disgusting, the way these people think and act. You're right: it does not have anything to do with Jesus whatsoever. I really admire Jesus, but I'm not religious at all.

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Well, Jesus did say a lot of terrific things, but the guy had a real attitude problem. If you read the gospels carefully, you'll see he got irritated and pissed off rather a lot. He hated having his authority questioned, and rarely missed a chance to snap at someone, even though he usually granted their requests when he'd calmed down. And for gods' sakes, the guy killed a perfectly innocent tree because it didn't have any fruit for him to eat when he felt peckish. That's an awfully prickly dude right there.

But for the most part, he did teach good stuff.

[samena.livejournal.com]

*LOL* I guess he was very passionate about everything he did. :D I'd love to read a good biography about him as a person, but I don't think there many of those, because the authors would immediately be pestered by the fundies. As soon as someone even hints that Jesus was just a man, with a man's needs and faults, the proverbial shit hits the fan.

But that's just why I think he's fascinating: because he was human, just like you and me. Even though he could do some stuff, he was still a man. With my background, I've seen it from both sides: my parents aren't religious, but they always put me on Christian schools, because their friends' children went there, and the schools had good reputations. I quickly learned how hypocritical it all was, though. Like, one day a boy came up to me and hit me, and I hit him back. Guess who got detention? Me, because I should have turned the other cheek. Yeah, right! In secondary school it was even worse. You won't believe the total asswipes they had 'teaching' there, and spouting nonsense.

For a long time I didn't want anything to do with it, but then I started travelling to Greece, and I saw how important Easter was to the Greek people, and I really started to think about what Easter meant, and I got more interested in Jesus' life story. That's how I ended up being a Jesus fan. But I'm not religious. Not at all. I guess it would be impossible to explain this to a Christian, though. :)