RedWolf66's blog: "Wolves Den"

I alway's find myself in the same debate. It usually starts with some born again bible thumper telling me that I'm gonna burn in hell because I don't attend church or follow Christianity. Before I continue I would just like to say that if this offends anyone of the Christian faith...get over it and stop taking yourself's so seriously. It's alright for them to bag on everyone else for having different belief's but don't anyone dare fire back on Christianity. Ya right. Now I am not trying to attack all Christian's. In fact I do know a few that are surprisngly normal. Shocker! Now this is not an unprovoked attack. I have personally berated and persecuted by many people  of that faith because I don't accept the bible as it is written. I do believe in a spiritual connection all that is around me. I do also believe in one great force that is responsible for the universe. I just don't buy that it was one particular being with a form. Now I do also believe that a little blind faith is a good thing but Christianity pushes it as the only thing. It is very much a bekieve this or else mentality. There is no questioning, no room for doubt. If you don't believe you get talked at instead of talked to. Then you get a group gathered around you trying to verbally beat you into submission. Of course that's only because it's illeagle to burn people alive now. One of my firdt experience's with that kind of Christian was when I was fifteen. I was at a holloween party and began talking with a coouple of people. Out of the blue this girl look's at me and ask's me what church I attend. I very politely told her that I did not see the point in going to a building once a week to listen to the same story's of something that supposedly happened two thousand year's ago. At that point she proceeded to tell me that was a mistake and that my salvation depended on attending church and studying the bible. Otherwise I would forever burn in hell. Well that struck a nerve. She couldn't accept that I chose to believe my own way in my own time. Instead she took it upon herself to follow me around for a better part of the night trying to "save" my soul. I had asked her several time's to drop the issue but she persisted. Finally I told her flat out "that if she wanted to be blindly lead arouond by the nose and was alright with never being allowed to ask question's that was her dicision but I choose to blaze my own trail and seek the answer's for myself and listen to what my heart told me. I refuse to accept that it is only one way or no way at all. Then I told her that instead of trying to convince people that they are wrong in following belief's different from her's, she should take a closer look at the bible and see just how contradictory her religion is". God created man, man created the bible. According to the original teaching's of Jesus there is one solitary sentence that no one pick's up on. In the exact center of the bible it say's "Put not your trust in man." Over the last two thouosand year's there have been almost as many translation's. After Paul wrote the his letter's and sent them to be shared with the various villages the wealthy member;s of the community would charge thier servant's with copying the letter's down for thier friend's and Family. The problem with that was that most every poor person and servant at that time was illiterate. They could not read a single vowel but as long as they at least sign thier name's they were expected to copy the letter's. How many mistake's were made? Answer: Thousand's. For more on this I recommend reading A book called Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman. I particularly recomend it to those that are no doubt going to throw a fit over what I am writing. The book is a bit of a dry read but is well worth it. Then more recently I was again verbally asaulted by someone because of my Tattoos. "They were an affront to God" as I was told by a "Holy Roller". "All the pagen religions arre filled with dirty devil worshiper's that prey on the innocent." I responded by simply siting the Crusades, where European soldier's marched in to the "Holy Land" trying to take it away from those that had lived there since before the time of Jesus. Then I followed up by going into the Spanish Inquisition and Salem Witch trials. All in the name of God. Again if they would actually pay attention to thier bible. Jesus wasn't about all that. If he had been that small minded he would have allowed Mary Magdeline to be stoned to death. He was also about asking questions and not accepting what is said by those in power at face value. I'm gonna stop there for now. I'm sure I've pissed enough people off for one day. So in closing, to those that push, poke and persecute those of us that do not follow or buy into the bible and it's various religion's.... Take the stick out of your ass's and look real hard in the mirror. Later all.