Re: The Bible Vs Video Games
Don't blame all Christians for what some of the really stupid ones do. Seriously.
We're not all nutters, guys. The nutters are just incredibly loud and obnoxious and have an amazing way of appearing like the majority and interpret scripture in incredibly effing strange ways (or, more accurately, . I am tired of having to point this out frequently to people who say they hate Christians but don't necessarily hate me
Hell, stereotyping
any group of people - Christian, atheist, agnostic, Muslim, Hindu, black, white, hispanic, short people, clowns, dogs, cats, telemarketers, lawyers, midgets, nerds - generally just turns out plain stupid. Yes, it is perfectly possible to be racist towards white middle class Christians. Surprise!
Actually, I would stop calling myself Christian for the same reason I've stop calling myself furry, but since I still believe in the whole Christ thing and calling myself something like "Christist" would just be awkward I don't really have that choice.
Fun fact as well: If you're going to say anything bad about any group of people...Don't say "HEY DON'T READ THIS IF YOU'RE ____". It doesn't hide anything.
Also, religion isn't responsible for most of the world's problems, if you actually look at them. What's responsible for most of the world's problems, then? Well, misinterpretation of religion is one, yes - how often people forget that many religions include a "for the love of God (literally) stop killing each other every five seconds". But if religion went away, would it stop?
No. There'd still be plenty of reasons to kill people. Skin color, having something I want really badly, because I felt like it, because you have better stuff than I do but I have a larger gun, because you were born somewhere else, because I'd like to my own country but yours is in the good spot, because you insulted my family/dog, because I don't like your leader, because killing is the Right Thing according to my leader...It goes on and on.
And one more thing people often ignore: What do you think would happen if some people didn't have a religion? Have you ever thought about the fact that the only reason some people have morals at all (unfortunately) is because of religion. And you could say "morals are just tools used to enslave people" which is totally fine right up until people steal your family, shoot your dog, do something unspeakable on the rug, and then torture you to death. Right about then, I would probably be thinking "you know, some sort of moral code that keeps people from gouging out my eyes would be nice". Heck, if it turns out I'm wrong about my own beliefs maybe that's exactly what happened
It's very unfortunate that over the centuries people have used and abused religion to further their own evil/stupid plans.