[ SECRET POST #2650 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2650 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Questions there's never a good time to ask.

[feotakahari]

I think a lot of people who call themselves Christians don't specifically believe in Christianity. Rather, they believe in the existence of a powerful being that wants them to be happy, and they believe in certain moral principles that are associated with Christianity. The term "Christian" is just the most convenient one for them to don, since the people they live around call themselves Christians as well.

I used to think people made gods that resembled themselves--my mother's nice, so she thinks of a really kind and loving god, whereas people who're more hateful think of a god who smites everyone they disagree with. My great-grandmother was nice, though, and she believed in a pitiless, merciless god whose existence explained why she and other people had to suffer. I guess it's more a matter of making a god that fills your needs.

People who're kind of assholes do go Old Testament sometimes, because they like to talk about the smiting of sinners. Nicer people don't really care about that stuff, so they don't talk about it, or in many cases think about it.

This isn't specifically Christian--I've met some nice Jews whose interest in the Old Testament seemed confined to the parts that resonated with their sense of justice. And the nice Buddhists I've met cared a lot less about the particulars than the more fanatical one I met.

P.S. I'm not denying the existence of people who actually believe in their religions and try to follow them faithfully. (There are some on this site!) I just don't know how they think, so I can't really talk about them.

Re: Questions there's never a good time to ask.

[(Anonymous)]

"I think a lot of people who call themselves Christians don't specifically believe in Christianity. Rather, they believe in the existence of a powerful being that wants them to be happy, and they believe in certain moral principles that are associated with Christianity. The term "Christian" is just the most convenient one for them to don, since the people they live around call themselves Christians as well."

QFT.