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Religious Freedom: Only for Christians?
Bryant in Kansas, responding to a couple of recent stories that touched on religion, says: "I've grown weary of your newsletter, and your anti-Christian bent. I always wonder why anything 'Christian' gets blasted and not any other religion? Don't tell me that it's because Christians are so narrow minded. I won't buy into that one."
Bryant, Christians, as a whole, aren't narrow-minded, so it must just be you.
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It does blow me away when I write about one religion's dumb doings (such as a recent article about Muslim men being counseled to beat their women "gently") and that's "funny" to fundamental Christians, but when I write another article about Christians doing something stupid, suddenly you forget about those earlier stories and accuse me of being "anti-Christian".
Of course I'm not "anti-Christian", Bryant, I'm anti-idiot and anti-hypocrite. If that bothers you, it only makes me wonder which one of those you are. And if others wonder what kind of story set Bryant off, please spend a few minutes reading my passionate arguments for true religious freedom -- and tell me if you think that makes me "anti" any religion.
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It is absolutely extraordinary how frightened people of all religions are of beings they have never heard and never seen. It is also amazing that religious adherents believe that the leaders of the sects know more about the diety than they themselves do, not unless they've personally discussed things with the diety they don't!
Believe in a diety or not, we all think, in one way or another, that there is something more powerful than we who is responsible for life and the Universe and what not. I severely doubt that anyone has ever seen it/him/her - at least not since before the coming of the redeemer, whatever the name/sex/religion of said redeemer.
Posted by: Jo, Albuquerque, New Mexico | April 13, 2007 8:31 AM
When I was a teenager, some old biddy was telling me that all non-Christians were going to Hell. And most Christians, too, really.
In fact, as I pursued it, she informed me that the only people who were going to Heaven were members of the Church of the Nazarene. And not even all of them. They had to belong to the CORRECT Church of the Nazarene.
Finally, it boiled down that the ONLY way to get to Heaven was to belong to the Church of the Nazarene on Altama Avenue. If you had the bad luck to be born anywhere else, well, I guess God says it sucks to be them.
Posted by: Mike from Dallas | April 16, 2007 1:56 PM
It amazes me that people who accept the Bible as God's Word can then ignore the verses of God's word that command us to refrain from judging, because He reserves that right exclusively to Himself. Usurping God's authority as the ultimate Judge of all mankind is a sin, right?
Seems to me that the person who claims to know the Will and Word of God should honor it in all respects, especially where it pertains to post-mortal destinations for other people. I really think God's smart enough to make those judgments for himself.
Posted by: Barbara in Utah | May 9, 2007 12:41 PM