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15 years ago
first and foremost, if you are religious/christian/easily offended, i advise you to not read this journal entry, it will be talking about things that are in fact opinions and have no real barring uppon others however they can be considered sleightly offensive so i would like to advise against reading. now if your curiosity is to much to bare then please i ask you, if you disagree with what i have to say please be respectful and i will extend the same courtesy, i don't want to have a flame war or anything of such, I'm sure we can disagree in our own manners without throwing around insult after insult.
alright i would like to start out by saying that i have no problem with Christianity, i have no problem with the individuals who practice Christianity. i have a bit of problems with the higher ups, but i have no real problem with the individuals. though i would like to say that it might be a good idea to take everything you hear from your church/bible/preacher/whatever with a grain of salt because your religion should come second to being human, but hey that's my opinion and i would like to stray from heavily offensive.
now Christianity dose have plenty of ideas that are decent to fallow, be good to your fellow man is but one. however there are those that personally i think are particularly irritating, i for one dislike the idea of hell, not because i think that there are no persons alive who deserve eternal punishment (although i don't think ETERNAL punishment is appropriate even for the Hitlers and Stalins of the world, despite some peoples thoughts) but because its used more as a tool to scare people into doing certain things. but we're not here to talk about hell, we're here to talk about the idea that Christianity likes to SELL their religion.
so what do i mean by selling ones religion, well you see though they don't directly take in any money by telling you to join Christianity, though they do take donations. what they do is they tell you about their religion and try to get you to join it. now don't get me wrong i like to be informed, i like to know my options and know that Christianity is a valid option even for me is nice. however, I've known this for a long time now, AND THEY CONTINUE TO REMIND ME. nothing irritates me more then having five different people from five different forms of "advertisement" tell me that I'm going to hell and or what I'm doing is a sin. personally i just LOVED this one person who happened to tell me that today's music was "unwholesome" and well put simply wrong, WHILE I HAD EARPHONES AROUND MY NECK! what was she blind? or did she enjoy being completely rude, because YES that's rude. selling ones religion can come in many forms television advertisement, person to person, and my favorite BILLBOARDS...
now i know it was a roundabout way of getting to the main topic of this but hey i have add, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. yes, i have seen multiple christian billboards on the highways trying to sell the religion. mind you these things cost money, I'm sure its an over time expense of some sort, people have to make money and advertising is a perfectly good place to start. now I'm not going to go into the idea that Christianity is a non-profit organization spending money on billboards, i personally would like to take you through a few of them to show you what i JUST LOVE!...
okay i think I'm going to start off with one i actually did like (mind you i don't know how to post pictures or anything like that so I'm just going to describe them and your going to have to bare with me):
the picture was basically of a big jigsaw puzzle heart (not real heart) with a missing peace, underneath it it posed the question "missing peace?"
now i think this is actually quite clever, its a duel meaning, first its referring to the missing peace in your heart and then its also referring to you missing peace, very clever. i especially love the lack of or else and guilt in this one. its simple it gets the point across and honestly i don't even mind it that much, now I'm not going to go into Christianity for this simple billboard but I'm sure more so considering it mainly because i don't feel threatened
now on to the ones i think are just so AWESOME...
the picture in this one doesn't matter because all that really matters with this one is its "quote" and remember I'm quoting quote for a reason its says and I'm not joking here "i died for you" by Jesus...
-sigh- okay, i don't even know if i understand the multiple layers of stupid that was put into this. mind you I'm not saying the idea that Jesus died for our sins and was resurrected was stupid I'm talking about the "quote" here. i can tell you with a 100% certainty that JESUS NEVER SAID THAT!... why? well gee maybe for one thing you have to DIE FIRST before you can tell people that you died for them. "but Avaria" you say "he died and was resurrected thus making it possible for him to say this" to which i respond touche, but realize this, Jesus was supposed to be ahead of his time. he spread good will and love to his fellow man (i mean other then the talk about him being gods son) he was all around, from what i heard, a good guy to everyone and a very selfless person i mean unless I'm wrong. so seriously though dose "i died for you" sound like something a selfless person would say? NO! NO IT DOESN'T you know why? BECAUSE SAYING "I DIED FOR YOU" IS ARROGANT! now on a more recent note i would like to say that this billboard was put up in recent time that means this quote should be about 2000 years old HOW DO THEY KNOW? and who was he supposed to be talking to when he said that? this is a quote that, if it actually was said, would have been said for the sole purpose of QUOTING IT! if it was actually said he would have been talking to one person not as this thing implies EVERYONE ON EARTH. i mean come on its not like he knew about every individual from 2000 years later and was talking to them. my biggest problem is at best it makes Jesus THE LORD AND SAVIOR (according to Christians) look arrogant, at worst this isn't quote mining, its quote fabrication their putting words in a dead mans mouth... and if he truly was the son of god WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT? that is lying and I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be a no no somewhere in the christian religion (although its not the only time they broke a rule -slaps self-), and I'm sure lying about something the son of god said would probably be a sure fire way to get a one way ticket to hell.
the next one is pretty much just words it poses the question "where are you going? heaven or hell"...
... are you serious? this isn't selling the religion its not even a guilt trip its straight up implying that if you don't go to church YOUR GOING TO HELL! i mean come on man have a bit more tact please. this is just ridiculous do i even really have to explain why this is ridiculous? its just so blunt so blatant so fucked up. i mean yeah i've heard the have you found Jesus or if you do this your going to hell but this, this is just UGH! look i hate to inform you this but no one knows where the hell your going. as much as they would like to believe other wise no one on earth truly knows what happens after death, and if their is someone please let him keep quite.
alright i think I'm pretty finished with this rant. i appreciate those who have read this and appreciate feedback (non-flaming that is). so until next time, this is Avaria andI'm mildly annoyed with everything.
alright i would like to start out by saying that i have no problem with Christianity, i have no problem with the individuals who practice Christianity. i have a bit of problems with the higher ups, but i have no real problem with the individuals. though i would like to say that it might be a good idea to take everything you hear from your church/bible/preacher/whatever with a grain of salt because your religion should come second to being human, but hey that's my opinion and i would like to stray from heavily offensive.
now Christianity dose have plenty of ideas that are decent to fallow, be good to your fellow man is but one. however there are those that personally i think are particularly irritating, i for one dislike the idea of hell, not because i think that there are no persons alive who deserve eternal punishment (although i don't think ETERNAL punishment is appropriate even for the Hitlers and Stalins of the world, despite some peoples thoughts) but because its used more as a tool to scare people into doing certain things. but we're not here to talk about hell, we're here to talk about the idea that Christianity likes to SELL their religion.
so what do i mean by selling ones religion, well you see though they don't directly take in any money by telling you to join Christianity, though they do take donations. what they do is they tell you about their religion and try to get you to join it. now don't get me wrong i like to be informed, i like to know my options and know that Christianity is a valid option even for me is nice. however, I've known this for a long time now, AND THEY CONTINUE TO REMIND ME. nothing irritates me more then having five different people from five different forms of "advertisement" tell me that I'm going to hell and or what I'm doing is a sin. personally i just LOVED this one person who happened to tell me that today's music was "unwholesome" and well put simply wrong, WHILE I HAD EARPHONES AROUND MY NECK! what was she blind? or did she enjoy being completely rude, because YES that's rude. selling ones religion can come in many forms television advertisement, person to person, and my favorite BILLBOARDS...
now i know it was a roundabout way of getting to the main topic of this but hey i have add, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. yes, i have seen multiple christian billboards on the highways trying to sell the religion. mind you these things cost money, I'm sure its an over time expense of some sort, people have to make money and advertising is a perfectly good place to start. now I'm not going to go into the idea that Christianity is a non-profit organization spending money on billboards, i personally would like to take you through a few of them to show you what i JUST LOVE!...
okay i think I'm going to start off with one i actually did like (mind you i don't know how to post pictures or anything like that so I'm just going to describe them and your going to have to bare with me):
the picture was basically of a big jigsaw puzzle heart (not real heart) with a missing peace, underneath it it posed the question "missing peace?"
now i think this is actually quite clever, its a duel meaning, first its referring to the missing peace in your heart and then its also referring to you missing peace, very clever. i especially love the lack of or else and guilt in this one. its simple it gets the point across and honestly i don't even mind it that much, now I'm not going to go into Christianity for this simple billboard but I'm sure more so considering it mainly because i don't feel threatened
now on to the ones i think are just so AWESOME...
the picture in this one doesn't matter because all that really matters with this one is its "quote" and remember I'm quoting quote for a reason its says and I'm not joking here "i died for you" by Jesus...
-sigh- okay, i don't even know if i understand the multiple layers of stupid that was put into this. mind you I'm not saying the idea that Jesus died for our sins and was resurrected was stupid I'm talking about the "quote" here. i can tell you with a 100% certainty that JESUS NEVER SAID THAT!... why? well gee maybe for one thing you have to DIE FIRST before you can tell people that you died for them. "but Avaria" you say "he died and was resurrected thus making it possible for him to say this" to which i respond touche, but realize this, Jesus was supposed to be ahead of his time. he spread good will and love to his fellow man (i mean other then the talk about him being gods son) he was all around, from what i heard, a good guy to everyone and a very selfless person i mean unless I'm wrong. so seriously though dose "i died for you" sound like something a selfless person would say? NO! NO IT DOESN'T you know why? BECAUSE SAYING "I DIED FOR YOU" IS ARROGANT! now on a more recent note i would like to say that this billboard was put up in recent time that means this quote should be about 2000 years old HOW DO THEY KNOW? and who was he supposed to be talking to when he said that? this is a quote that, if it actually was said, would have been said for the sole purpose of QUOTING IT! if it was actually said he would have been talking to one person not as this thing implies EVERYONE ON EARTH. i mean come on its not like he knew about every individual from 2000 years later and was talking to them. my biggest problem is at best it makes Jesus THE LORD AND SAVIOR (according to Christians) look arrogant, at worst this isn't quote mining, its quote fabrication their putting words in a dead mans mouth... and if he truly was the son of god WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT? that is lying and I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be a no no somewhere in the christian religion (although its not the only time they broke a rule -slaps self-), and I'm sure lying about something the son of god said would probably be a sure fire way to get a one way ticket to hell.
the next one is pretty much just words it poses the question "where are you going? heaven or hell"...
... are you serious? this isn't selling the religion its not even a guilt trip its straight up implying that if you don't go to church YOUR GOING TO HELL! i mean come on man have a bit more tact please. this is just ridiculous do i even really have to explain why this is ridiculous? its just so blunt so blatant so fucked up. i mean yeah i've heard the have you found Jesus or if you do this your going to hell but this, this is just UGH! look i hate to inform you this but no one knows where the hell your going. as much as they would like to believe other wise no one on earth truly knows what happens after death, and if their is someone please let him keep quite.
alright i think I'm pretty finished with this rant. i appreciate those who have read this and appreciate feedback (non-flaming that is). so until next time, this is Avaria andI'm mildly annoyed with everything.
