“I’m not superstitious! I believe in Jesus!”
September 18, 2007 by HannahW
I actually heard this statement today, multiple times if you can believe it.
In class a kid killed a cricket. My teacher told him it was a shame he killed such a helpless thing and just gave everyone in the room bad luck for 2 weeks.
He responded with “Ha! I’m not superstitious, I believe in Jesus!”
….Right….
Now this just proved something to me that I had been wondering about for quite awhile. Is the belief in God considered by those who have it to be a mystic belief or hard scientific fact? Apparently, it is a hard scientific fact.
Maybe there is something different, on a very basic level, between the skeptic and the believer. I was raised, just like they were with religion presented as fact, but I questioned and I studied and I pushed for answers to paradoxes that littered my faith. They don’t.
I honestly don’t understand it. I suppose it’s the definition of faith. There are things that don’t make since, but they are either ignored, or explained away as part of God’s mystery.
One phrase I’ve heard more and more lately is “God did it”. I’m starting to hate it. Does anyone else see why? Anyone?
How about the fact that we are more intellectually connected then ever before and yet people would rather explain things away with “God did it” then just google the real answer. I guarantee that no matter the question if you look enough you can find either an experiment answering it or a theory that comes real fucking close.
We grew out of the Dark Ages long ago. The time for fervent blind following is at an end. In a day and age when you literally have the world at your fingertips by just pressing some buttons, it is time we use that resource.
** Xian revenge seekers created a god just like themselves **
Xian self-righteousness was a trait noticed with distaste by the Romans, two thousand years ago. Xianity took root and grew in a world which no longer exists, but it certainly resembles ours.
It appealed to the poor, uneducated, displaced people of the great cities of the eastern Roman Empire. With the destruction of Jerusalem and the province of Palestine in 70 CE, thousands of anti-roman Jews escaped into cities like Antioch, Ephesus, Corinth, and Alexandria.
The cult of Jesus appealed to radicalized Jews who wanted a world cleansed of Roman occupation, who hoped for a religious military leader, who wanted revenge.
One of those was Paul of Tarsus whose letters to xian cells are considered “holy scripture” even today. Paul fashioned a mythical being who would purify his believers, destroy the empire, and bring about a magical end of the world.
In short, he and his fellow revenge seekers needed a god on their side, one who not surprisingly shared their values. As Paul writes,
27 God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
28 He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are. . . .” 1Cor1:27-28 NIV
Xianity today still appeals to those who feel that the world has mistreated them. To those in whom revenge burns. Xianity “in the raw” is a very nihilistic doctrine.
The so-called ‘New Testament’ should come with a skull-and-crossbones on it to indicate just how poisonous it is.
Stay away from fundies. They are mentally troubled and their beliefs, reinforced by brainwashing in fundie churches, are a public mental health problem in the U.S.
bipolar2
copyright asserted 2007
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did you steal my thoughts? great, post totally agree.
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I agree with much of your application to modern life, if not the slant on the history. Definitely stay away from fundamentalist Christians. They should have warning labels!
As far as the poor miserable revenge seekers joining up with a cult who’s main leader taught to “love your enemies”, and who were burned and fed to lions, and killed in other nasty ways makes sense. I am not sure just how much radical military leadership “turn the other cheek” actually embodies.
I am actually ashamed of the ones who call themselves Christians who really do embody this revenge mentality.
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I’m with dbeau on this, not sure about the history, but I get your meaning and the modern applications cool. Thanks for the comments everybody!
P.S. Tye no I did not steal your thoughts, I tried to but decided mine were better.
jk
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insulting me?!?! you must be punished *spank*
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Ew…seriously Tye, thats creepy, don’t do that.
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