It's not supposed to be this way. You know, "everyone says" that you have to believe in God or be a Christian to have ethics and morals and follow the rules. Unbelievers, "everyone says," live only for themselves, and because there's no hell, they do anything they want because they aren't afraid of burning eternally.
Actually, "everyone" doesn't say those things. But you will find them said by many, if not most, Christian apologists. The fact that they are not true doesn't seem to matter. The fact that studies indicate quite clearly that they are not true is not taken seriously.
The "fact" of the matter is that when it comes to living ethically and morally, Christians or religious people behave no better than anyone else. In some cases, their behavior is worse.
One glaring example is the "fact" that evangelical Christians get divorced more frequently than any other group; and much more frequently than atheists.
Here's another example from North Carolina. Fayetteville Christian school in Fayetteville, North Carolina, will be taking away student's cell phones when they arrive at school, putting them in plastic bags, and returning them to students at the end of the school day.
What? Why would they do that?
Well, it seems that some of these "Christian" students have used their cell phones to cheat on exams - they've been texting the answers to test questions to their friends!
Omigod! You might expect something like this is a public school, but certainly not in a school where everyone loves Jesus!
The school, being a christianist school, plans to put the fear of God back into these little rascals! If you get caught with a cell phone, you'll have to spend a Saturday working at the school. You'll also have to pay a $25 fine. Do it again, and they may throw you out!
"That's a hell of a way to treat us," whined one student. (Nah, I just made that up.)
You can read all about Fayetteville Christian School here.
4 comments:
Ah...the holier than thou crowd screws up again.
Greetings Grandpa Eddie: Thanks for your comment, and yes, that's exactly what they did.
Wanted to let you know I have bookmarked your blog! Also, I did a brief summary re: your article on Bushite lies with a link to your post! Great job!
Thanks for the link and the compliment, Jacob.
I bookmarked your blog, also. I will definitely be back to read more of your posts.
Enuff said...I was involved in the fundumentalist church for over 20 years and boy can I tell you stories of the disgraceful behaviour of so called "christians".
Excellent expose of this frail belief system.
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