In the Name of God

I've been doing a lot of thinking about religious hostilities, who's less tolerant of who and who needs to see the light, and I think I can say wish some measure of authority that,- on the subject of who needs to change and who needs to be more tolerant and accepting,- basically everyone is wrong.

Being a Heathen of sorts, though, I've noticed that the greatest amount of hostility and direction-less rage seems to come from the Monotheist. Sure, there are plenty of people from all belief systems and all walks of life that have this kind of rage and inability to deal with the fact that there will always be people who disagree with them, but Monotheists - Christians, in particular - major in the subject.

They've got all sorts of neat ways to keep us under their thumb while trying to make us out to be the bad guy. That's right, a religion that makes up roughly 1/3 of the world's religious population is actually *hiding* behind false panic that they've spread since the last throws of the Roman empire that states that, no matter how many Christians there are, there will always be thirty times more dark, evil forces with weird gods who practice horrific Satan worship and evil magic just to tick the Christians off.

This idea that we're all trying to suck you down into hell with us is degrading, not to us but to those who perpetuate it. Think about this for a second, please. You guys are about a third of the world, you hold all of the political and religious power in the North American continent and you still try and act like you're weak, feeble and need protection from the boogey man.

What gets me is that you can't possibly not know how stupid that is. Not religiously - I have no problem with the bare bones of Monotheist religions, generally they've got good roots and a decent message, but when this message is perverted to the point where "Love Thy Neighbor" is replaced with "Lynch The Gays", you get on my radar and, honestly, I don't like it anymore than you do because I end up having to take time out of my precious life to lecture you on being freaking ridiculous, which I can do until I'm blue in the face and it's not going to make you see reason.

Christianity, like quite a few of the world's major Monotheist religions, was created in essence to protect the weak and helpless. You claim Nietzsche's Slave Morality and the values of kindness, sympathy, pity, charity, etc., as your own and hide behind it like it's a shield, all the while putting the Master Morality into practice. And rightly you should, since you're not, in any way, as weak and oppressed as you'd like others to believe you are. If this were a race, you'd be winning. So what are you so afraid of?

I submit that you're afraid that you KNOW YOU'RE WRONG. I come to this conclusion from another aimless conclusion I've been jumping to due to years of dealing with born again's and soccer moms, and the conclusion is this - you just don't believe what you say you believe.

It dawns on me now and then that not one of the many Christians I've known in my life have ever convinced me that they really loved their God(s) and worshiped accordingly. Oh, sure, I've had countless Jesus Cheerleaders try and 'Save' me, but it was never because they were truly worried about my soul or wanted me to have a chance at Christian Heaven. No, I was a notch on their belt, one more nickle in the drum that they could chalk up to their own greatness if they succeeded in getting me baptized.

Plus, most of the Christians I've spoken to about Jesus being a Jew and the roots of Christianity being an offshoot of Orthodox Judaism claim to know this - so why do they also claim Jesus as a white, dirty blond Christian man who condemns the Jews? Is this one of the main reasons the Old Testament was basically thrown away by modern Christians? Because it repeats a mantra of the Jews being God's chosen people, and talks incessantly about the Ten Tribes of Israel? And, by the way, who the hell gave you permission to forsake the words of a God you claim to love and discard the most important books of the standardized Bible just because you felt like it? You are NOT GOD. The second you are, I'll kiss your Laughin' Place, but for now if you're not Mormon you don't even have Scripture to back up your 'I'm God' theories. Hmm. That reminds me, I plan on another article about Mormon's almost Agnostic multiple Gods theory. I'm getting off my point.

A big problem is that, even for those who do have faith, Monotheism is one of the most dangerous sets of beliefs and values on our planet, because unlike Pagans and Heathans (or more generally described as Polytheists for those who do celebrate muliple Gods), Monotheists believe that they are the only source of the truth, and if they don't force it on everyone else then they aren't doing their jobs. These are people who make great, wonderful donations to third world countries - food and water. Oh, right, and a Bible. How's that for charity? They don't get food and water unless they accept Sky Bully into their lives, right? At least you're being a bit more pleasant these days. It wasn't that long ago that it was Bible or Bullet Wound, so I suppose you're making progress. In only 2,000 more years you'll be ready to play nice with the rest of us! I believe it was Voltaire who once said, "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.", or at least a reasonably close quote.

Now, I'm not going to claim that no Christian believes their religion, but I am going to go so far as to say that most of you take it so lightly that you only bring it out when it's beneficial to you in some way. As if it's a trump card you carry around with you, and yet never use it because you don't feel you need it. There are tribes around the world who, as part of a religious and life belief, still wake up in the middle of the night to scare the night away and bring back the day, and yet most Christians break almost every one of their God's commandments on a daily basis and think nothing of it - so who has more faith here?