In light of recent events, I thought id make another post. And by recent events, I mean that mi amiga Tammy Teng managed to talk me into attending her bible study group. That proves I'm open minded, right? Anyhoodles I thought id share my impressions with you. (disclaimer: these are generally geared toward Christianity because it was a BIBLE study group, but I think the general concepts can be applied to all religions).
First off, I noticed how my earlier hypothesis seemed to be confirmed; that the bible is more used for retroactive justification then anything else. The purpose of the study group was to "bust bible myths", essentially using bible passages to refute what they deemed to be common misconceptions about god. Notice the problem here? They picked a thesis (which happened to be "all roads lead to god"), then justified it using personal interpretations of the bible. Seeing as the bible is mostly vague fables that kind of fit together chronologically, essentially any thesis can be justified in this manner. And I'm sure this applies to any use of holy books in any religion. Their wordings are deliberately vague and open to interpretation so that any person can justify any action through them.
The other thing I want to mention is how despite appearances, how callous and cold hearted they are. The topic of the night centered around how jesus was the sole conduit to heaven and salvation. People in the group mentioned how those not following jesus would simply not find salvation, but I don’t think they really appreciated what this means in terms of their bible. If you're not saved, you're sent to hell. Read dante's inferno. Tortured for all eternity. Now I'm apparently one of the worst kinds of sinners there is: I've heard the word of god, know it, and have conscientiously objected to it. For those of you who know me personally and not all you trolls out there, are you ok with this? For you who are told to love thy neighbor, are you ok with a religion that would damn me and others like me to being tortured for all eternity?
I swear this won't be a religion blog. Next time Ill try to get into some political issues.
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