Thursday, November 20, 2008

Hi, I'm Your Neighbor and I'm a Christian or I'm a...

As a Christian, I live next to you, and I know you might not believe in my religion but since I couldn't care less about the clear separation of church and state (One of the most important principles of the United States Constitution.), I believe that I should force my religious beliefs down your throat by making my beliefs into law even if it means taking rights away from you, a citizen of the United States of America. I know for a fact my faith is real, even though I can't prove it. I believe that all people should believe in my faith and those who don't have not seen the light—as I have—are less of a person than I am because you have not figured out how to know my all powerful God and the secret to the afterlife, as I have.

As a Jew, I live next to you, and I know you might not believe in my religion but since I couldn't care less about the clear separation of church and state (One of the most important principles of the United States Constitution.), I believe that I should force my religious beliefs down your throat by making my beliefs into law even if it means taking rights away from you, a citizen of the United States of America. I know for a fact my faith is real, even though I can't prove it. I believe that all people should believe in my faith and those who don't have not seen the light—as I have—are less of a person than I am because you have not figured out how to know my all powerful God and the secret to the afterlife, as I have.

As a Muslim, I live next to you, and I know you might not believe in my religion but since I couldn't care less about the clear separation of church and state (One of the most important principles of the United States Constitution.), I believe that I should force my religious beliefs down your throat by making my beliefs into law even if it means taking rights away from you, a citizen of the United States of America. I know for a fact my faith is real, even though I can't prove it. I believe that all people should believe in my faith and those who don't have not seen the light—as I have—are less of a person than I am because you have not figured out how to know my all powerful God and the secret to the afterlife, as I have.

As a Mormon, I live next to you, and I know you might not believe in my religion but since I couldn't care less about the clear separation of church and state (One of the most important principles of the United States Constitution.), I believe that I should force my religious beliefs down your throat by making my beliefs into law even if it means taking rights away from you, a citizen of the United States of America. I know for a fact my faith is real, even though I can't prove it. I believe that all people should believe in my faith and those who don't have not seen the light—as I have—are less of a person than I am because you have not figured out how to know my all powerful God and the secret to the afterlife, as I have.

The Truth: Faith is a guess, it's your best guess, it's not a fact, faith does not equal fact, belief does not equal fact. A fact is only a fact if it's a fact and that's a fact.

If I said I have a personal relationship with Elvis and I pray to him every day and I know he's in my life and he's with me on a daily basis and his band are my angels and they protect me—you'd say I was crazy. And you want me to believe that you have a personal relationship with the creator of the entire Universe and you don't want me to think you are crazy?

It's time for people of faith to stand up and admit what their faith really is, a guess. People are so excited they think have found the key to the afterlife, they want to shove it down your throat along with any personal prejudices as well.

They can't believe their minds are not powerful enough to make rational day to day decisions on their own. They have to pray. A very simple test to see if prayer works. Try it. It never works. The only answers to prayer are yes, no or later. You can pray to a jug of milk and you will get the same answer. Yes, no or later.

Believe now, get a reward later? Who is crazy? The person who says, "I know God, he is real and I have discovered the secret to ever lasting life." Or the person who says, "I know Elvis, he is real and I have discovered the secret to ever lasting life." Or the person who says, "There is no proof God exists, our bodies are unintelligently designed, the Bible was written by primitive sexist discriminatory war mongering hateful intolerant Middle Eastern men, the Bible is not timeless, the Bible does not have continuity, the Bible is filled with contradictions and the Bible has Egyptian mythology, Greek mythology and Astrology throughout it's entirety."

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