On religion
My stepbrother recently converted to Islam. He's a great kid, he lives on the other side of the world (literally) and is here for his yearly visit. Well, I say kid, but he'll be 20 soon, so that is just my perspective.
Mom decided he will NOT pray in her house. If that isn't mayor invasion of privacy and just plain ridiculous, then I am probably just someone's imaginary friend. Mom's a Christian. Apparently this gives her the right to decide what will happen 'under her roof'. Sure - that was really a deterrent when I started having sex, as I am sure, it was for my sis.... for all my Christian upbringing, I turned out Wiccan - what a disappointment.
Mom's very aware of the fact that I have a broom that I don't use to sweep my floor and candles that are only burned at certain occasions and in a certain order and that I have an altar in my house, but, as they say, ignorance is bliss. She simply chooses to ignore the fact that I am not a christian. And when we have heated discussions like we did the weekend over everyone's right to choose their own religion, it just shows me again that my family's idea of christianity does not equal tolerance and love your neighbour. It's more like, do what I say, believe what I believe or you will burn in hell and I will disinherit you (again).
So, my poor stepbrother is happily Islamic, none the wiser that both sis and I fought for his right to pray and used 2 computers, many googled sites and quotes from both the Bible and the Koran to fight for his right to pray 5 times a day.
Before y'all jump onto bandwagons and crucify me: I don't hate Christians, I just wanted to point out that just like there are fasist Islamic suicide bombers, there are also the fasists Christians that will, when they run out of intellectual ways of convincing you that they are right, threaten you with hell. BUT you also get the intelligent ones that can entertain the idea that reincarnation is logical, God isn't, per se, a man and you are entitled to make up your own mind and interpret the Bible according to what feels right to you. For people like this (thanks be to my Gran) I have all the respect in the world.
Doesn't matter what you believe as long as you respect yourself and others. That is, after all, the basis of all religions.
Mom decided he will NOT pray in her house. If that isn't mayor invasion of privacy and just plain ridiculous, then I am probably just someone's imaginary friend. Mom's a Christian. Apparently this gives her the right to decide what will happen 'under her roof'. Sure - that was really a deterrent when I started having sex, as I am sure, it was for my sis.... for all my Christian upbringing, I turned out Wiccan - what a disappointment.
Mom's very aware of the fact that I have a broom that I don't use to sweep my floor and candles that are only burned at certain occasions and in a certain order and that I have an altar in my house, but, as they say, ignorance is bliss. She simply chooses to ignore the fact that I am not a christian. And when we have heated discussions like we did the weekend over everyone's right to choose their own religion, it just shows me again that my family's idea of christianity does not equal tolerance and love your neighbour. It's more like, do what I say, believe what I believe or you will burn in hell and I will disinherit you (again).
So, my poor stepbrother is happily Islamic, none the wiser that both sis and I fought for his right to pray and used 2 computers, many googled sites and quotes from both the Bible and the Koran to fight for his right to pray 5 times a day.
Before y'all jump onto bandwagons and crucify me: I don't hate Christians, I just wanted to point out that just like there are fasist Islamic suicide bombers, there are also the fasists Christians that will, when they run out of intellectual ways of convincing you that they are right, threaten you with hell. BUT you also get the intelligent ones that can entertain the idea that reincarnation is logical, God isn't, per se, a man and you are entitled to make up your own mind and interpret the Bible according to what feels right to you. For people like this (thanks be to my Gran) I have all the respect in the world.
Doesn't matter what you believe as long as you respect yourself and others. That is, after all, the basis of all religions.
posted by HappyTheClam @ 4:30 PM
1 Comments:
At 6:24 PM ,
ANOther said...
Bollocks!
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