Religion 101

I am fed up with being labeled insensitive and intolerant because of my Christian faith. If there was a market for selling clues, I would be a freaking millionaire!

First of all, for all of you misguided Christianphobes out there, allow me to clear up some misconceptions regarding Christianity:

· Myth – Some gun-bearing extremist will barge into your home and force you to accept Jesus Christ as your personal savior and if you refuse you will die.
· Fact – You have evidently confused Christianity with Islam. As a Christian you must FREELY choose to believe (emphasis on the freely part).

· Myth – Christians are intolerant of those they perceive to be sinners.
· Fact – Obviously, Christianity has been mistaken for Islam once again, because as Christians we know everyone is a sinner and we do not live on an island. In fact, we restrain from using such derogatory terms as infidels, pigs, and monkeys when referring to other human beings.

· Myth – Christianity promotes suppression of women.
· Fact – Last time I checked, we can vote, get an education, and speak freely. Perhaps suppression would be those who denounce women’s rights, prevent women from receiving an education, and sue for the right to legally beat their wives under the guise of religious freedom.

When did evil become accepted as good and good accepted as evil? How distorted have we become as a country when public prayer is prohibited due to “offensive content”, but anti-American and/or Christian sentiments are protected by freedom of speech? So let me get this straight, what we are saying as a society is that praying for someone’s well-being and safety is radical, intolerant, and offensive; however to the contrary, public chants of “death to America”, “behead the infidels”, and “convert or die” promote sensitivity and tolerance? No wonder our children are so screwed up. They’re being shown that spewing hatred is not just accepted, but encouraged behavior by society’s standards while compassion is ridiculed. You might as well say, “If you’re not suicide bombing in the name of hate, you’re not cool.” Gee, I wonder why our youth is so violent. Maybe it is because of global warming.

See, now I feel that spring in the back of my neck expanded to full capacity and about to snap. I seem to experience this sensation every time that I try to reason insanity. What crack pipe is our country smoking these days? No disrespect to the crack smokers out there. I would offer to pray for you, but I do not want to offend you, so as a means of tolerance you just keep on smoking that crack pipe.

Signing off…