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Skial's Official Christianity Thread
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Ramen. With meatballs?
I was born a Roman Catholic with a long line of Christianity (coming from Poland where Christianity is a main religion and widely celebrated). I was an alter server from 3rd grade up until I graduated my Catholic middle school in 8th grade, once I got to Highschool I slowly stopped going to my old Parish and I went every few weeks when my parents told me to.
My parents are pretty religious, they don't believe in violence or violent video games, and when I was growing up I was raised without watching Cartoon Network or Nick, because apparently Christianity shunned that kind of television. I wouldn't eat meat on Friday's and would dress up in slacks a white button down and a clean Tux suit every sunday for many years. I was raised not to question the Church or the religion, and I in a sense blindly followed what I was told. I never questioned my religion because doubted the Church would be a sin.
I was in that mindset until my Relgion teacher, who had a doctorate in Theology, completely changed the way I thought of religion in general. He threw out everything I took for granted and the way I thought. He told me that there is a difference between the Church and religion, that the teachings of the Bible and the interpretations of the Church are two whole different things. He didn't hesitate to state the shortcomings of the Church, as my previous teachers would only depict the Church as an infallible group that is righteous in every way. He taught us to think for ourselves, not take what other people say for granted but to make deductions for ourselves based on our own experiences and the experiences of others. He didn't shy away from the hard questions that Athiests ask, like if God is all kind, why is there so much pain in the world, he wouldn't sugar coat anything, "oh it's just God's will", "God has a plan for everyone". He wasn't afraid to say that he doesn't know an answer, that he isn't sure about something, a trait that was astonishing in the Church as Priests and ministers seem to have an answer to everything.
The thing that stayed with me the most, had to be that my teacher had the audacity to say that the saying the Hail Mary, is probably border lining a sin. We as Catholics are taught to worship noone besides God himself, yet we have monuments and prayers dedicated to the "Holy Mother", asking for her forgiveness and graces. It's truly astonishing and mind booggling if you follow the Church and their teachings. He also told us not to bother going to Church every Sunday is you just go there cause you have to. He said what is the reason of wasting an hour of you time, if you do it dazing off not taking something out of it. He said that he would rather us spend 5 minutes in solitude prayer or meditation actually "conversing" with God, than an hour day dreaming in a building reciting chants not even paying attention to the words spoken.
What he said made me change the outlook of religion in general. Do I believe in the Church, no not really, do I believe in Christianity, yes, Do I believe in a God, I do, do I understand everything about my religion, nowhere near, but it's an adventure I will take.
You can argue religion is stupid and is a sham, but if it is, if all of this is stupid, it was a sham that was strong for 2000 years, a sham that brought people closer to eachother(granted some wars were started due to religion), preached for love and selfishness, and gave people hope, a light at the end of a tunnel, where it seems bleak.
My parents are pretty religious, they don't believe in violence or violent video games, and when I was growing up I was raised without watching Cartoon Network or Nick, because apparently Christianity shunned that kind of television. I wouldn't eat meat on Friday's and would dress up in slacks a white button down and a clean Tux suit every sunday for many years. I was raised not to question the Church or the religion, and I in a sense blindly followed what I was told. I never questioned my religion because doubted the Church would be a sin.
I was in that mindset until my Relgion teacher, who had a doctorate in Theology, completely changed the way I thought of religion in general. He threw out everything I took for granted and the way I thought. He told me that there is a difference between the Church and religion, that the teachings of the Bible and the interpretations of the Church are two whole different things. He didn't hesitate to state the shortcomings of the Church, as my previous teachers would only depict the Church as an infallible group that is righteous in every way. He taught us to think for ourselves, not take what other people say for granted but to make deductions for ourselves based on our own experiences and the experiences of others. He didn't shy away from the hard questions that Athiests ask, like if God is all kind, why is there so much pain in the world, he wouldn't sugar coat anything, "oh it's just God's will", "God has a plan for everyone". He wasn't afraid to say that he doesn't know an answer, that he isn't sure about something, a trait that was astonishing in the Church as Priests and ministers seem to have an answer to everything.
The thing that stayed with me the most, had to be that my teacher had the audacity to say that the saying the Hail Mary, is probably border lining a sin. We as Catholics are taught to worship noone besides God himself, yet we have monuments and prayers dedicated to the "Holy Mother", asking for her forgiveness and graces. It's truly astonishing and mind booggling if you follow the Church and their teachings. He also told us not to bother going to Church every Sunday is you just go there cause you have to. He said what is the reason of wasting an hour of you time, if you do it dazing off not taking something out of it. He said that he would rather us spend 5 minutes in solitude prayer or meditation actually "conversing" with God, than an hour day dreaming in a building reciting chants not even paying attention to the words spoken.
What he said made me change the outlook of religion in general. Do I believe in the Church, no not really, do I believe in Christianity, yes, Do I believe in a God, I do, do I understand everything about my religion, nowhere near, but it's an adventure I will take.
You can argue religion is stupid and is a sham, but if it is, if all of this is stupid, it was a sham that was strong for 2000 years, a sham that brought people closer to eachother(granted some wars were started due to religion), preached for love and selfishness, and gave people hope, a light at the end of a tunnel, where it seems bleak.
Your church had a "Hail Mary" chant? That's ridiculous. On what grounds could they have justified that? It even says explicitly in Exodus “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments." I would not have lasted a day in your old church. Lol
I'm so good at trolling that even when I try to start up a shitstorm by lying about me being Christian people take me for granted. You guys don't question me enough.
Makes for an interesting topic anyway, so w/e.
Makes for an interesting topic anyway, so w/e.
Your idea of trolling is starting a religious topic and lying about your religion? wut?
Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
We didn't think you'd go to an all time low and belittle a whole religion for a lol.
Grats, you're an asshole, not a troll.
You're such a failed troll people took you seriously... gg you're about as relevent as Johnny
Gg, tomat is now "Sitting in Timeout"
I wonder how long it will be, seeing how he went so low to go and talk about religion in attempt to start a forum war just to get a laugh...
That's just sick, sad, and so many other things.
I wonder how long it will be, seeing how he went so low to go and talk about religion in attempt to start a forum war just to get a laugh...
That's just sick, sad, and so many other things.
You should've made the title Atheism vs Christianity then. Lol
EDIT: Didn't notice he was TOed
My church doesn't really offer Sunday school. I went to some lessons that took place at the church, they were usually in the late afternoon and lasted an hour long, give or take.
I feel Orthodox is like the silent kid on the swing of Christianity. They keep to themselves mostly and don't try to get everyone to convert.