22nd May 2009, 12:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 22nd May 2009, 1:27 PM by alien space marine.)
Geno Wrote:I don't see why the religious right can't just accept evolution as a God-driven process as they have so many other scientific findings over the centuries that the church previously disagreed with: that the world is round, that the Earth revolves around the Sun, that we aren't at the center of the Universe (if such a thing exists), etc. Science has never tried to be an enemy to our souls, yet scientists get shunned just for making discoveries and stating facts. It's not hard to compromise God and science, though I suppose there will always be those who take everything in the Bible literally, in this case, the story of creation in Genesis. But hey, who's to say Adam and Eve weren't short and hairy and had bad posture? I bet that forbidden fruit was a banana!
I was raised in a christian fundamentalist household, My parents forced me to opt out of biology class during my schooling and had me read creationist literature.
A christian household is by definition a completely insulated and self deluded coo coos nest.
It was not until I started to research and read up on my own religion that I came to the same conclusion many before me have made, That it was a big fucking scam!!
There is nothing more heartbreaking and distressing then discovering that you centered your entire life around a lie.
that's why so many Christians don't have the courage to be honest with themselves and face reality, they have to much invested in it especially if they've limited their association to strictly church members which is the case with the Jehovah's witneses.
There was many times even as a kid I would stumble onto passages in the bible that were disturbing and abhorrent, Unfortunately the first person I turned too about it was skilled in the art of white washing the bible and making a career in instructing sheeple into how to perform the art of mental gymnastics , My minister.
Fortunately My parents are tolerant of my new found heathenism to my relief.
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