02-20-2011, 12:17 PM
I have Mere Christianity (one of my fav books). Anything of any intellligence that can be said regarding God has already been said by C.S. Lewis. I also hold a degree from a Baptist university, along with the obligatory 10 full hours of religious study. I was also raised in a Christian home (Methodist). Oh, and I live in the Bible Belt. I have been exposed.
My finding: Organized religion was made by man and is mostly bullshit. It has very little to do with an actual Creator and has more to do with making people pay money and do what the official rule book says. I can't get behind that. That people pretend they have any concept of a being/mind that created this universe when they can't even understand the most basic of its systems and rules is the supreme exercise in arrogance. The only religious nut I would listen to at this point would have to have a PhD in Quantum Mechanics. They would at least have a clue.
I also don't have any sympathy for the hoardes of stupid, non-productive citizens (who would be described as "the weak" in Biblical terms) in this country. Most of what constitutes intelligence is familial. It is cultivated through early infant/childhood experience and is increased in relation to parental care and effort. We are a nation of fucking stupid people because most parents are stupid now and are raising stupid children. They are imposing an intellectual cap on their offspring by not learning through experience and formal education, choosing instead to hang out around the crib and play video games.
I apologize for neither sentiment. Rather than claiming I have a generalized feeling of good will gained from some outside source, I have formed my opinions based on what I have encountered and have seen to be true. If people would like to change my mind, quit raising stupid fucking kids, quit building church buildings and paying clergy waaaay too much for their charitable works with the tithe money you collect, and stop talking so fucking loud at the movies. Those are my demands.
My finding: Organized religion was made by man and is mostly bullshit. It has very little to do with an actual Creator and has more to do with making people pay money and do what the official rule book says. I can't get behind that. That people pretend they have any concept of a being/mind that created this universe when they can't even understand the most basic of its systems and rules is the supreme exercise in arrogance. The only religious nut I would listen to at this point would have to have a PhD in Quantum Mechanics. They would at least have a clue.
I also don't have any sympathy for the hoardes of stupid, non-productive citizens (who would be described as "the weak" in Biblical terms) in this country. Most of what constitutes intelligence is familial. It is cultivated through early infant/childhood experience and is increased in relation to parental care and effort. We are a nation of fucking stupid people because most parents are stupid now and are raising stupid children. They are imposing an intellectual cap on their offspring by not learning through experience and formal education, choosing instead to hang out around the crib and play video games.
I apologize for neither sentiment. Rather than claiming I have a generalized feeling of good will gained from some outside source, I have formed my opinions based on what I have encountered and have seen to be true. If people would like to change my mind, quit raising stupid fucking kids, quit building church buildings and paying clergy waaaay too much for their charitable works with the tithe money you collect, and stop talking so fucking loud at the movies. Those are my demands.