Just came across this recently, curious what the people here think.
http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?t=16536
http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?t=16536
Insane religious people
- Thread starter ArghMonkey
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Me too, DodgeFB.
I can't image "True Christians" believe that a raped victim should marry the rapist. Unless I'm all too confused.
I can't image "True Christians" believe that a raped victim should marry the rapist. Unless I'm all too confused.
Its beyond disgusting but these people believe the bible to the word, it provides their ethics and morals.
I have a hard time believing anyone could support these nuts but I was curious what you guys thought.We agree on something ArghMonkey
The crazy thing is either Christianity is interpreted, which means anything goes or it is the word of god, which means its flawless, I of course don't believe in any higher power, but those are the options for Christianity.
These people believe its the word of god and take the bible literally, so all other baptists, evangelicals, protestants, lutherans etc are being selective about what they believe, not ready to stone someone to death or force their daughters to marry her rapist, they interpret what they want from the bible.
My point is this is yet another example how Christianity is a load of garbage, its the pulp fiction of its day, it contradicts itself constantly and presents some of the sickest, most horrible rules.
If you dont agree with these people then you dont think the bible is the word of god, think about that.
Well, realistically almost everything in life is open to interpretation, so everyone never has the same view about the same thing, no matter what it is be it a religion or atheism or politics.
My take on the issue is that the true essence of religion, as I stated before, is to promote ethics and morals. It is not to manipulate, but unfortunately people over the course of history who have sought power have used it as such. That is why I am not a big believer in any particular rituals, but I have made a personal decision to believe in a higher being. I really try to live my life based on the facts and what makes sense logically and I believe that a higher force does exist because of that.
My take on the issue is that the true essence of religion, as I stated before, is to promote ethics and morals. It is not to manipulate, but unfortunately people over the course of history who have sought power have used it as such. That is why I am not a big believer in any particular rituals, but I have made a personal decision to believe in a higher being. I really try to live my life based on the facts and what makes sense logically and I believe that a higher force does exist because of that.
I don't think it is, scarily.
That is one sick b*stard.
Absolutely, interpretation.
I happen to believe that nobody gets their morals from a religious text. They might believe they do, but i don't think so. I think people make their own individual moal decisions. These can be influenced by society around us. We often change or develop our beliefs and opinions by our environment, experiences and people we grow to admire.
If you're religious - this may come from upbringing, requiring comfort, experiencing something we don't have the knowledge to explain or understand, whatever - then you'll likely read the book associated with your religion. For example, let's take a Christian and the bible. I think (s)he has already made his or her judgements. They may be influenced by some things they read in it. However, their base morals are already there.
When they read it, they pick out the things they agree with and there you go. There are a lot of good morals eschewed by the bible, but there are at least as many horrible ones. So you pick and choose, really.
Right, thats why ethics and morals are brought into the picture, we need to have good reasons for what we believe, not hocus pocus nonsense and not make excuses for beliefs that harm more then they help or sustain.
The best part of religion CAN be the ethics and morals, it depends on the set of ethics and morals they endorse. These can be judged, some religions cause less harm then others.
Many religions were actually designed to manipulate people, some started out with that goal (scientology, mormonism are easy modern examples) and some were designed for other purposes and became a religion (taoism), some were folk tales that became a religion (buddhism, christianity).
I think its not the whole picture to say people corrupted religion, that presupposes there was some pure , good, original motive and life and history just arent like that, they are more like calculated stumbles in the dark *L*, some religion started with the worst or arbitrary intentions and became rich and wise and universal, some started with good intentions and became harmful and judgemental, flip a coin and you would have a better way of knowing how they will turn out. Humankind created religion, therefore there are as many different reasons they exist as there are human motives.
I was a taoist for a year of my life when I was in my early teens, I became disillusioned with it once I discovered that practicing Taosits actually gave less weight to the philosophical writings of Lao Tsu then they did the silly rituals they had invented, I started my search for answers a few years before I was Taoist, at the same age I think most of us have bigger questions and the ultimate answer may be "we dont know" but that was the same thing humans said about whether the world was flat or round, if anyone said "we dont know, therefore I think it must be flat" they would be wrong!, the very fact that there is no proof of any higher power means that I have to accept that there isent any higher power until proof is presented, anything else is just as silly as assuming the world is flat. In the case of religion it might make us feel better but as a species we need to move out of our infancy, we evolved to this point, we can and should become better.
This looked like a joke, but I went to the web site and it seems real. However, a little more research into "Brother_Percy" and Landover Baptist and some time on their web site shows ......... odd things.
Like a 6 month study of Sponge Bob Squarepants (http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0403/spongebob.html):
Or a report on Pokemon:
Like a 6 month study of Sponge Bob Squarepants (http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0403/spongebob.html):
?From what we?ve found,? says Dr. Edwards, ?is that we have what appears to be a little yellow sponge who talks like a pervert. When you turn it upside down, there are two unmistakable testicles and a semi-erect penis hanging from its face. Thank Jesus that children are not watching this program standing on their heads, or we?d all be in trouble.? Dr. Edwards also revealed that the entire cartoon series has houses, plants, animals, and demon-like creatures (most of which are shaped like sex organs) floating around, talking nonsense. ?One purple penis shaped creature even moans and giggles uncontrollably whenever he sees one of his ?pals,? like he is secretly masturbating himself to them.?
?Is it okay for a person to take off their pants and walk around upside down so that his penis and testicles look like his nose and eyes? NO! So why should we allow a cartoon character to do the same thing while standing right side up? It?s ludicrous!? said Pastor Deacon Fred. ?There is no doubt that we need to put a stop to this so-called, Sponge Bob, and his Square Penis. If we don?t, we'll soon be coming home to houses full of children, stripped of their clothes, hand walking around the living room spitting gibberish! We?ve already got our lawyers preparing a lawsuit.?
Or a report on "Tampons: Satans Little Cotton Fingers", I'll skip the details.?Is it okay for a person to take off their pants and walk around upside down so that his penis and testicles look like his nose and eyes? NO! So why should we allow a cartoon character to do the same thing while standing right side up? It?s ludicrous!? said Pastor Deacon Fred. ?There is no doubt that we need to put a stop to this so-called, Sponge Bob, and his Square Penis. If we don?t, we'll soon be coming home to houses full of children, stripped of their clothes, hand walking around the living room spitting gibberish! We?ve already got our lawyers preparing a lawsuit.?
Or a report on Pokemon:
Landover Baptist Pastor, Deacon Fred used a blowtorch and a sword Sunday morning to demonstrate that Pokemon games and toys are only sugar-coated instruments of the occult and evil. Earlier this week at Landover's Wednesday evening service, children's pastor Marty Richards told 714 kids ages 2 through 10 that Pokemon is evil and was sent to this planet under direct orders from Satan himself.
This looks like its all a joke but if it is, someone is going to a lot of trouble to do it.
Well the Pokemon thing certainly could be real. I remember a few years back during the Pokemon hype, I saw a story on the news about some religious groups saying that playing Pokemon is satanic, etc.
Ah, should have googled it first: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landover_Baptist_ChurchGuys, Its a gag site *LOL*
I checked it out and its a fake
I don't completely agree with Christianity being a load of garbage. That has to be in the eye of the beholder. Not all Christians are the same either. I do get irritated by those who like to judge and point fingers, and "save" everyone from evil, but not all Christians are like that. Some of them are seriously devout and have deep faith. I have a respect for that.
What does that mean though ? and why should anyone look up to it?
I mean faith itself means u believe something without evidence, if I went around saying I believed in santa claus people would call me a fool, so just because its a tradition to believe in god does that really make it so different?
I get irritated by the hyper religious but I also get annoyed when people are willing to throw their brain away for comfortable, easy answers.
Some things in life arent known and never will be known, deal with reality, be an adult and accept your limitations.
If we are the beginning and the end does it really matter? If that is true I have wasted damn near 60 years living a life that I never wanted or cared about.
Just came across this recently, curious what the people here think.
http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?t=16536
OMG this makes me so sick, it makes me cry. How can people think this way? Is this real? Is it real? I can't believe things like this are real.
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