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well, i think christians are fine, and if they're down and cool w/ christianity, that's fine.
However, I've got a major problem with christianity, and i've never had a suitable answer. The problem is two fold
a] Christianity, indeed, modern religion was fostered, indeed 'imperitive' during the medieval times. If you weren't christian, you were dead. Now, the tithes and money making aside, let's break it down.
the systems in power were exceedinly hierachal monarchies, such that the church and the kingdom were undiscernable. The reason? Peasants had a shit life. Kingdoms needed peasants for food and fighting. So why not tell them that if they're good little people and slave away for the kingdom, and die of the plauge, after their shit life, they'll have a nice eternity. If they dont work for the kingdom, they're fucked. Great way to control the masses.
b] Modern christianity wasn;'t founded on christ. Take the lutheran sect for example. It was founded when a priest decided he didn't like the system, so made his own spin off; or, the ultimate fuckoff, the Anglican Church. King Henry the VIIIth couldn't get his marriage annulled, so in order to get a divorce, he makes his own fucking church, where he can marry / divoirce as many times as he wants and still go to heaven.
Finally, the fact that christians condemn ANYONE who is not christian, be they buddist, tao, whatever - plain, good people who live their lives in the present for good and treat others well.
how egotistical is it to assume that a religion based on greed and lust is the right one.
pfft.
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