Rant About Religion

[Leancuisine]

to start off, I don't give a shit what god(s) you worship. Just don't try to force changes upon me, and I will respect you and your preferences.

So I went out on a boat today with my buddy. So this 28 year old woman is telling me how tough things have been since her friend passed away in a plane crash. Whatever. Not to sound heartless, but people die. Move on. Anyways, we continue our conversations amongst the group and it comes up to a point where I say the words "Jesus Christ" literally all I said. And this woman goes off on me. Well while she's going off on me I say "god damn woman" and then she explodes and tells me I'm going to hell. I was pretty calm. I just replied with "if your god is willing to overlook all the good I've done in this life and condemn me to an eternity of torment because I said some naughty words, I don't want to follow him"
Anyways her 32 year old boyfriend (all these people are older than me, mind you) goes off on me saying I need to be more respectful, as this lady goes to the front of the boat and starts crying.

I've met Hindus, Muslims (both extremists and "modest"), christians (most of whom are wild), and whatever other first world religions there are.
I haven't been a lot of places, but I've been enough places to see that religion only revolves around one thing. Money.
Religion breeds war over territories. Territories with resources and power over people, which brings in money.
Fuckin Olsteen whoever and Creflo dollar rack in cash like it's their fucking job.
Not to mention, with Christianity, why is the only way that christians could be allowed into heaven was through the murder of a carpenter?
Is somebody were to have their son bound in the trunk of their car, driving them to the top of a mountain to sacrifice them for the "god" that was speaking to them ominously, they would be labeled crazy and charged with attempted murder, yet this same story (with the exception of the car) is told to children as the ultimate test of faith!?
Fuck no. No one is worth sacrificing my son for. No one.

I believe religion has good morals in it, but I'm not religious at all. Quite the opposite. And I have decent morals. The only thing I judge people on is how they fucking drive. Outside of that I don't give a shit.

Who even knows what's right or wrong? History is written by the victors. To us George Washington is a hero. He did what was right for the people of America. But what if America had lost the Revolution? King George 3 would have written history and said what good ol G Washington did was outrageous.

Believe in god if you want. Just don't be a fucking stuck up cunt like this woman was.

 

[MisterSuperGod]

The one question i have is... Could you take down the boyfriend?

i thought a fight story was in the works, but you left me hanging there.

LOL @ porkchop sandwiches!

 

[johntt44]

to start off, I don't give a shit what god(s) you worship. Just don't try to force changes upon me, and I will respect you and your preferences.

So I went out on a boat today with my buddy. So this 28 year old woman is telling me how tough things have been since her friend passed away in a plane crash. Whatever. Not to sound heartless, but people die. Move on. Anyways, we continue our conversations amongst the group and it comes up to a point where I say the words "Jesus Christ" literally all I said. And this woman goes off on me. Well while she's going off on me I say "god damn woman" and then she explodes and tells me I'm going to hell. I was pretty calm. I just replied with "if your god is willing to overlook all the good I've done in this life and condemn me to an eternity of torment because I said some naughty words, I don't want to follow him"
Anyways her 32 year old boyfriend (all these people are older than me, mind you) goes off on me saying I need to be more respectful, as this lady goes to the front of the boat and starts crying.

I've met Hindus, Muslims (both extremists and "modest"), christians (most of whom are wild), and whatever other first world religions there are.
I haven't been a lot of places, but I've been enough places to see that religion only revolves around one thing. Money.
Religion breeds war over territories. Territories with resources and power over people, which brings in money.
Fuckin Olsteen whoever and Creflo dollar rack in cash like it's their fucking job.
Not to mention, with Christianity, why is the only way that christians could be allowed into heaven was through the murder of a carpenter?
Is somebody were to have their son bound in the trunk of their car, driving them to the top of a mountain to sacrifice them for the "god" that was speaking to them ominously, they would be labeled crazy and charged with attempted murder, yet this same story (with the exception of the car) is told to children as the ultimate test of faith!?
Fuck no. No one is worth sacrificing my son for. No one.

I believe religion has good morals in it, but I'm not religious at all. Quite the opposite. And I have decent morals. The only thing I judge people on is how they fucking drive. Outside of that I don't give a shit.

Who even knows what's right or wrong? History is written by the victors. To us George Washington is a hero. He did what was right for the people of America. But what if America had lost the Revolution? King George 3 would have written history and said what good ol G Washington did was outrageous.

Believe in god if you want. Just don't be a fucking stuck up cunt like this woman was.

I think religion was made up by man to teach morals to the masses. A lot of it is fear based, you should be punished or pentinent for your sins. I was raised Catholic. Mom took my sister and I to this monstous Catholic church every Sunday and I went to ccd/Sunday school every week. I even went to Catholic school for a couple years. I never felt anything for it to be honest. I truly wish there was a heaven to spend eternity with my wife but... that's why I love her more than anything in this life.I figure when I die it'll be just like before I was born. Another thing I don't like is you can treat people like shit as long as you beg forgiveness from some imaginary man in the sky. If an atheist/agnostic does something kind it's altruistic.A lot of religious people do it to get in their gods good graces. To me that is sinful in every way. "Look how good I am, are you watching how good I'm being?" Creflo Dollar was the asshole preacher trying to raise money because "God" wanted him to have a Gulfstream G6 airplane. I'd love to stuff a fucking porcupine up his silk suit poop chute!

 

[x11]

Bible god really is an evil cunt, just read the bible for proof.

Soooo like infinity in the past matter and energy didn't exist and god up and decides to create the universe almost endless in size and totally inhospitable except for one dot.

On this one dot he created man and animals by speaking. The man had a dick, he was a man, but there were no women except for female animals. So god thinks about it and creates a women plucked from the mans rib.

God does not teach them right from wrong and they do not possess that knowledge. So God shows them a tree and says do not eat from this tree. Then a talking snake God created was left near this one tree that God showed to the two fully formed adults that were a few days old that did not know right from wrong..... we all got cursed on our birth.

+ genocide, baby killing, hell, incest, a whole lot of physically impossible shit, fragments of copies of copies of copies of fragments of writings pieces together 100's of years after god created himself from himself to sacrifice himself to himself ....and shit.

 

[Catch_Dee]

Same as, I'm not religious in any shape or form. In my eyes religion believers, followers are hypocrites for example..

You beat, kill, hurt a human you prey to Allah.. Waaalah your forgiven.

You have sex, drink, take drugs go to Church say you have sinned.. Waaalah your forgiven.

So like wtf? Do as you please but once you have done it you prey to a myth to condone your shit!

 

[x11]

If all this shit is true then you can actually be in heaven with the same serial killer guy who raped, tortured and murdered your own child in front of you...because Jesus while the atheist doctor who spent his life saving hundreds of poor children's from suffering & death will be burning for infinity in hell...because Jesus.


Fucking immoral bullshit.

 

[Leancuisine]

I think religion was made up by man to teach morals to the masses. A lot of it is fear based, you should be punished or pentinent for your sins. I was raised Catholic. Mom took my sister and I to this monstous Catholic church every Sunday and I went to ccd/Sunday school every week. I even went to Catholic school for a couple years. I never felt anything for it to be honest. I truly wish there was a heaven to spend eternity with my wife but... that's why I love her more than anything in this life.I figure when I die it'll be just like before I was born. Another thing I don't like is you can treat people like shit as long as you beg forgiveness from some imaginary man in the sky. If an atheist/agnostic does something kind it's altruistic.A lot of religious people do it to get in their gods good graces. To me that is sinful in every way. "Look how good I am, are you watching how good I'm being?" Creflo Dollar was the asshole preacher trying to raise money because "God" wanted him to have a Gulfstream G6 airplane. I'd love to stuff a fucking porcupine up his silk suit poop chute!

100% agree with everything you said.

I used to drive by Creflo's house everyday to and from work. Huge gate. The driveway was about a half mile long and went into a bunch of trees so you couldn't even see his house. But I guarantee that shit is bigger than all the places I've lived combined together.

 

[Leancuisine]

Same as, I'm not religious in any shape or form. In my eyes religion believers, followers are hypocrites for example..

You beat, kill, hurt a human you prey to Allah.. Waaalah your forgiven.

You have sex, drink, take drugs go to Church say you have sinned.. Waaalah your forgiven.

So like wtf? Do as you please but once you have done it you prey to a myth to condone your shit!

I'm not too well educated on the subject, but I know the Catholic Church at one point had a few you would pay a priest and in return you get a sheet of paper saying you were forgiven by god and earned your spot in heaven.

 

[Leancuisine]

Another thing I never understood was this.

God has a divine plan for everyone. This plan was set into motion before you were born. God also knows everything. He knows where we will go, heaven or hell, so why does he even place us on earth? People always tell me its to spread his gospel. But again, if there's a divine plan, then those that are going to heaven have already been determined. So why put people on earth where there's war, disease, and all these other things that don't exist in heaven. It makes no sense. The more I think about it and the more I see, I don't understand how there's a god. Unless he's one sick bastard playing a massive joke. Kind of like an ant under a magnifying glass on a hot day. That would be a whole lot more believable to me.

 

[Leancuisine]

The one question i have is... Could you take down the boyfriend?

i thought a fight story was in the works, but you left me hanging there.

LOL @ porkchop sandwiches!

One of the main reasons why I don't shy away from speaking my mind is because I know that if it pisses someone off to the point of wanting to fight, I can easily win.

Last August I broke my hand knocking out a kid who tried punching me outside my home. I'm not in any hurry to do that again...

 

[ickyrica]

@Leancuisine you are a much nicer man than I am. Some choice primetime words would have made it past my lips to her, and I'm sure him as well.

I'm not religious nor do I appreciate someone that expects the rest of the world to abide by their set of 'rules'.

You were a patient man. Lol. I'd be naming the fish I caught. "This guy will be named Judah!" Or maybe "this guy will look awesome on my mantle! How do you suppose I mount it on a cross?"

When it comes to religion being shoved down my neck I have two words.
Fuck off.

 

[ickyrica]

One of the main reasons why I don't shy away from speaking my mind is because I know that if it pisses someone off to the point of wanting to fight, I can easily win.

Last August I broke my hand knocking out a kid who tried punching me outside my home. I'm not in any hurry to do that again...
View attachment 73644

I remember that. How did it heal?

 

[Leancuisine]

I remember that. How did it heal?

Healed great! Thanks for asking. Knuckles are a bit different than before, but I can grab things just fine. That's all I was wanting.

 

[x11]

God made humans to worship God. The ones that worship God hard enough go to heaven to do nothing but worship God for eternity.

They don't even take time out for a shit, a cigarette, protein shake nothing just worship, worship, worship.

Sick of worshipping? There's always hell waiting for you so STFU and keep worshipping.

 

[Throwback]

Religion is a different animal.
Religion...whether judaism islam or christianity is about control and power.
In the case of christianity...belief in God and the work of Christ are meant to bring about an individual change to the believer through a one on one relationship with Christ.
Unfortunately for christianity as a whole...it has become populated by hipocrites...con men masquerading as pastors and judgemental assholes.
Being a christian doesnt mean your perfect...it does mean that you strive to do the right thing and honor God in how you nlive your life.
I pretty much fail miserably at this.
However...and this next part is my second passion in life next to the gym...as one starts to delve into the world and the workings of the cosmos and tiny things at a cellular and sub atomic level...you find that at every turn there is intentional design.
Our existence is the result of a purposeful willfull design.
At every level of biological genetics dna and the sub atomic world of quarks protons neutrons etc there are massive amounts of information relative to the function of our existance.
What is responsible for this info?
Man calls it God.
Whether its the God of Christianity or another universal power no one knows...period.
You can believe that it is your God that you worship but in the end no one knows which if any of the known "gods" are responsible for all we know.
There is a "God" for lack of a better term. All evidence in our existence if viewed with an open mind points to design not random chance.
Design order and info require intelligence.
I could make this a book but you get the idea....
Christians muslims and jews that get butt hurt by questions that affect their limited world view are typically reacting out of a fear that what they were taught to "believe" is being turned upside down.
OP's experience with the woman telling him he will burn in hell is a typical reaction.
My advice if you care is to study the sciences...ancient history...etc with an open mind and let the studies lead you to your own conclusion.

I

 

[x11]

Yes a puddle of water thinks the ditch was designed just for it, therefore god.

The average house cat thinks the universe was designed to honour it.

Design arguments are pretty stupid and weak when you think of them logically.

The rotovirus was designed just to make infants die horribly of diarrhea.

100" s of folks choke to death every year cos we take food and air in thru the same hole, shit design bro.

Every part of the huge universe except this dot will extinguish all known life forms if we were exposed to it. Why such a big universe that every other bit than here will nothing but kill us.

What were designed for?

If design of intelligent beings has to have a designer of more intelligence then the same logic demands a designer to design our designer...... and so on for infinity.

 

[Eman]

The best part of this story is that you were stuck on a boat the whole time lol... I love it. "Oh, this encounter isn't going well... I think I'll go into another room or step outside to let things cool down..." <- not happening pal, you're on a fucking boat lmao.

I'm iffy on, "people die, move on" because it is obviously more than that. But I've never actually encountered someone so religious that they freaked out by hearing those curse words. Wtf.

Anyways, if there is a hell, which there isn't, see you guys there.

 

[x11]

Here is my religion;

Every generation gets one shot at existence, we have remarkable skills and abundant resources.

We can make heaven here and now or not.

Soon enough every generation will go back to the non existence it came from, what are you doing about it?

 

[ickyrica]

Anyways, if there is a hell, which there isn't, see you guys there.

some guy named Billy once sang 'I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints'

I'll see you in hell bro!

 

[JimLahey]

I'm not too well educated on the subject, but I know the Catholic Church at one point had a few you would pay a priest and in return you get a sheet of paper saying you were forgiven by god and earned your spot in heaven.

The Catholic church used to sell 'indulgences' as a way for people to have their sins forgiven. This along with other issues caused Martin Luther to write his '95 theses' and nail it to the door of a church. This was the beginning of the Lutheran church.