Thoughts

What if I told you, “faith in Jesus” is a RELIGION?

And just because you’ve spoken words, doesn’t change its definition.

If Jesus is just a relationship, why the book of laws?

By the definition of “Religion”, it’s a rule for cosmic cause

If Jesus is just a friendship, why push BELIEF of the unseen

Discount the delusions, “quote unquote” visions, and acid tripping dreams

So Jesus preaches FAITH, but there’s another thing I don’t understand,

How is rape, murder and HATE, forgiven by the torture of another man

No really, what does this say about our justice system?

That if I slaughtered 30 men I could free 30 in prison?

No really, how much does Jesus’ death ACTUALLY weigh?

If it just permits common evils, so long as they put faith in what YOU say?

No really, how do you justify a sacrifice

For progress, responsibility is the only thing that qualifies

Call me judgmental but more importantly call me decisive

Because there’s a problem when you sugar coat Jesus, it’s called misguidance.

In every other aspect of life you know your logic’s Swiss cheese

It’s like saying “we play basketball, but it’s not a sport, it’s a team…”

It’s like if Coka-Cola said Coke is Coke and not a soda

Or if this isn’t actually a phone, because it’s really Motorola

Honestly I’m sick of this — this loss of words kills production

If you’re going to convince, do so with logic, not rhythmatic seduction

These are crucial times we’re living in, give me reason or give me death

Don’t take away the beauty, just take away the rest.

The following’s not to you, but let me address all concerned

Our hope’s not with Christ, but human RELATIONS we must learn

This much we can agree on, a Revelation is soon at hand

But how we interpret the cause of this unveiling should strictly be with man.

Again, as a message to ALL, let our mortality make us hunger

Quest for knowledge, Quest for love, for without these we are plundered.

I can’t stress this enough, it is deeply on my conscious

I know I’ve made my decision, but tell me what your response is.

From: lyinglyre

Your checkmate christianity post made no point at all against any of the fundamental teachings of the religion itself. You don't throw loosely quoted facts that are not in the Bible to disprove the Bible. You take parts of the Bible that are fallible and tear it apart at the seams. How about this one: In Genesis, the Tree of the Life and the Tree of Knowledge are separated. So how can you expect to learn any knowledge at all about life from it?

They may be “loosely” quoted, but they are facts of the bible. God did kill 50 kids with bears. God did split the languages. etc.

If parts of the bible are fallible, then accepting it as a whole is fallible. Sure, there are some good things like “don’t steal/rape/murder” but I’m attacking the god story they are suggesting, not every moral teaching.

You say “from it”. I can only assume you’re referring to “the tree of knowledge”. If this tree were to grant knowledge, what problem would the TOL (tree of life) being separate from the TOK (tree of knowledge) present? The TOK just gives knowledge in this case. The TOL gives life. Their functionality isn’t dependent on unity.

The Test of God

Wouldn’t the better filter be to just let the earth go on about its own and see how people behaved WITHOUT the selfishness-extracting incentive of gaining eternal life?