Media and the Religious Problems

schooldropout:

I think the whole concept of religion is based on stories that people have turned into wannabe truth. Religion wants to control which each and everyone of us do, they don't like religions besides their own, if you say or do something against them its known as a sin against god. If you have an opinion that the people in the church don't like your not pure or real, as far as I'm concerned and I don't mean to offend anyone here but from personal experience god and religion just isn't for me.

I lost all faith in whatever was being preached, being told how to live your life according to a story isn't the best thing to do for me persionally.

I mean there is stuff to say there is a god and then theres stuff to say that there is one, i think its just what you want to believe in.

It's true that Chistianity has become a force of controlling, but you interpret that in a bad way. Like most punks, you seem to believe in this whole counterculture vs. mainstream materialistic bullshit, that's not the case, because they are infact one and the same.

When Christianity started, it was the new sort of 'punk' of it's age. Up till then, the majority of people were Jewish, then this new culture came about with radical new views on this 'Jesus' guy being the son of God. Of course they were discriminated, ridiculed, and ousted, much like punk and punk music was when it first started. Now that Christianity, and punk music have become rather 'mainstream' the intended views have seemed to be rather lost.

This is what happens with most beliefs, politics, philosophies, after time, their teachings have become more and more misconstured with each new book published, or journal released, or analysis of it, to the point where it all becomes meaningless. However, it's original intentions were no doubt pure.

By all means, question the preacher, but don't then just dismiss the content.

Anji:

By all means, question the preacher, but don't then just dismiss the content.

You are right. If people don't debate the world would be like a dictatorship. I think.