**Author's Note** I am not a religious scholar, nor am I even religious. These are my thoughts, although many others have expressed them similarly before. If this entry offends you, ask yourself why.
For years now, tabloids have been selling issues based on the end of the world. Even more than sex, disaster sells. Why else do so many churches gain their members through fear rather than hope? Those who know me personally know that I have little to no respect for most Christians- I've met too many of them. I love the message of Christianity (it's pretty much the same philosophy as many of the older religions it tried to wipe out) with reguards to not judging, loving others, and generally being a good person. But I don't think society as a whole is ready for the message.
Consider. Would a society that is ready to accept peace and love really need weapons capable of wiping out millions of other humans at once? Would such a society be ready to go to war over another nation achieving the same technology? Would that peacful and loving society be more concerned with making quick money off the land or protecting that land? Or would such a society need to spend years fighting and arguing and writing laws about who someone can love and spend their life with?
There's a reason Jesus was famous- he was the oddity. Caring more about others than about himself made him the exception. And the sad irony is that the people who "praise" him the most and spout off about what he taught are the very ones who insult all he stood for. The Old Testament God was fire and brimstone, eye for an eye justice. The New Testament was love thy neighbor, do unto others. But which one are we really ready for? These days, I'm not surprised it's raining- but is it Spring or a warning?
Posted by Jenn at April 21, 2006 07:15 PM