One funny thing about religions is how they see each other. You know, with that condescending feeling that deep inside, we are the right ones and they are wrong (well at least not as wrong as those dumb atheists!). But even funnier is how the three monotheistic religions consider followers of any other religion as "pagans", basically a pejorative term meaning pre-historic barbarians who perform crazy rituals and sacrifices, and worship things which are more of the devil than of god. Yeah, that's very funny, specially when talking about the largest religious denomination in the world, catholicism.I was raised a catholic, and I was ok with it all in the very beginning, I was a kid after all. A kid being told she had to go certain places and do certain things because these are the good things to do. But as I grew up, it all slowly started looking very creepy to me. Not only the fact that most people in church were old and all the furniture seemed to have come from the dark ages, there was something else, something which just didn't feel right. And that's when I realized that catholicism is bloody! And that's so creepy!
Churches are full of images of bleeding people, starting with Jesus of course. There, nailed to a cross with blood dripping from all around: his hands, the crown of thorns and the multiple sores all over his body. What a creepy image to show a kid! The worse is that the kid does not have the discernment to realize how horrible it is until later. The kid is told that churches are places of peace and goodness, but seriously? A place full of bloody images is where we can find good and morals?My church had pictures with the "14 Stations of the Cross" all around it, which represent the path of Jesus on his way to crucifixion. A path of blood, as Roman soldiers hit him harder and splash the red liquid around. And as if worshiping images of torture weren't enough, the highlight of the mess is when people eat the flesh and drink the blood of Jesus! Man, seriously? Looking at pictures of a bleeding guy as you imagine to drink his blood? How barbarian!
And the, hum should I say, paganism, doesn't end at the church. It's common for catholics to have images of saints in their homes as well. As for my home, my parents are big fans of Saint Sebastian, so we've always had a statue at home pretty similar to the picture above, full of blood coming out of his arrow wounds. Also, as I've had eyesight problems since little, my mother used to tell me to pray to Saint Lucy, the patron-saint of the blind and those with eye-trouble. And we had at home a statue pretty similar to this picture. Man, look at that! The poor girl is carrying her own eyes on a tray! Is that supposed to make a kid feel better?That's the biggest religion in the world for you, and they go further than raping little boys. They are these terrifying barbarians who worship bleeding mutilated images and fantasize about eating their flesh and drinking their blood once a week. Add to this the Bible, which is probably one of the most sanguinary books in history, with genocides and torture, and by following this religion you get what? Peace and goodness and morals? Oh seriously, you are really pushing it!
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Enjoyable read.
As for the Catholic priests raping the little boys I have to put my two cents in. What the bad thing is is that these men who have had imprinted in their minds since they were young that homosexuality is bad and punishable by an eternity in hell they attempt to hide this and even try to atone for their so-called 'sin' through entering the monastery life/celibate life. In turn, through this denial of an internal and rather healthy inclination they find themselves unnecessarily compensating for what they are. It is of absolutely no surprise to me that they eventually come to be completely unable to control their 'inner-demons' and act out in this unfortunate manner.
It has come to my attention that deviancy is something that a society constructs to prove a point no matter the individual's welfare. Once sacrifice became heathen, mankind found other methods through which to force others through pain as a result of entirely arbitrary reasons. And it may be that this lack of sacrifices to entertain the masses is what led to this imagery and also specifically reflects my point prior.
Trying to restrain those innate animal desires will result in unnecessary strain and ultimately lead to the perversion that you may see. People just need to respect "healthy desires" and just leave them alone. Otherwise the societal strain will indefinitely lash out.
Well said inspirationism!
Isn't it interesting how some people get strongly engaged into fights against themselves and their own desires? Recently we are uncovering the fact that many of the protestant pastors who are very active in the fight against homosexuality hire male prostitutes themselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HLhDbnSSng
For me, this is a level of hypocrisy only achievable by people with such strong convictions. Can't they just deal with their inner desires without trying to make everyone else miserable in the process?
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