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Just like it says on the box, we have a kind of poll-esque thingy, but using comments.
So, seeing as how I have little of interest to post at the moment, I thought I'd ask such folk as feel inclined to tell me about their particular flavour of religiosity in a comment.
In more depth: This is entirely optional, but I think it'd be interesting and fun to learn what the people who read my journal think and believe about life, the universe and everything. Feel free to include anything you feel is interesting, noteworthy or pertinent, don't hesitate to mix in links as desired, and don't feel like you have to say anything you don't particularly want to.
The comments will be screened; if you'd like yours to be unscreened, then just say so.
Needless to say, those who use others' comments to spark flamewars will be hacked to bits by hungry, angry cannibals. You have been warned. Hungry, angry cannibals are standing by.
So, seeing as how I have little of interest to post at the moment, I thought I'd ask such folk as feel inclined to tell me about their particular flavour of religiosity in a comment.
In more depth: This is entirely optional, but I think it'd be interesting and fun to learn what the people who read my journal think and believe about life, the universe and everything. Feel free to include anything you feel is interesting, noteworthy or pertinent, don't hesitate to mix in links as desired, and don't feel like you have to say anything you don't particularly want to.
The comments will be screened; if you'd like yours to be unscreened, then just say so.
Needless to say, those who use others' comments to spark flamewars will be hacked to bits by hungry, angry cannibals. You have been warned. Hungry, angry cannibals are standing by.
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Date: 2006-04-21 07:03 am (UTC)I admit I'm very jaded - I've had bad experiences with religious folk. The majority, sadly, are very narrow minded and pushy in their beliefs. I have a few gay and lesbian friends, and, well...it amazes me how a religion based on a man who taught peace, love, and understanding manage to be so hateful when it comes to another person's beliefs.
Recent world events haven't helped. Not so much the 'terrorists doing bad in the name of Allah' part. More the 'world leader decides that god told him to go to war and act like a monkey in a suit' part. Creationism in schools. A certain Oprah-choking, placenta-eating Scientologist.
(It could also be related to the fact that a family friend used to drive me around Bairnsdale on a Saturday morning as a young un to play a game called 'Hunt The Mormon' - it involved swerving towards them, honking the horn, and screaming loudly. You got ten points for every one you got to fall off their bike. Our record was seventy points, but granted that included scaring the same man three times.)
I try to avoid being friends with religious people, I have to admit. I mean, I don't mind it terribly if they actually use their brains, and their faith is there as a guide and not a crutch or a shield, but I find it's better to steer clear than have someone finding out a few months down the track just exactly how I feel and trying to 'convert' me or just defriend me.
I do like the idea of heaven. I kinda hope it exists, even. But logic tells me since there aren't any signs of The Big Man, that heaven most likely doesn't exist. I'm quite happy for a burning bush or voice from the heavens style revelation telling me I'm mistaken, and I'll happily admit I was wrong. But for the most part, I find that faith in my friends, family, and myself (unsteady though it may be at times) to be more than enough comfort.
I have no problem with religion in theory. It's just that no one wants to keep their beliefs to themselves.