I can't lie- I fell in love with Jesus at a young age....
I was about 6 years old and my parents took me to see Jesus Christ Superstar. That was about I can't lie- I fell in love with Jesus at a young age....
I was about 6 years old and my parents took me to see Jesus Christ Superstar. That was about the extent of my religious education.
I was conflicted to who was more dreamy...Jesus...or Judas????
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In the end Jesus won out- not because of his morals... as a 6 year old I was attracted to both- but I am afraid I was just more attracted to Jesus...I mean seriously do you want to align yourself with the troubled man who hung himself from a tree- or the guy that at the end was resurrected and had a cute flock of sheep following him about?
I picked the sheep guy...with the dreamy eyes and the one that sung Hosanna Hey Sanna Sanna Hosanna. It was uplifting...even though really- if I was to look at it now- Judas had a far superior voice and presence.
Because today...as an adult...I look at things logically- rather than emotionally. I look at fact vs. fiction...And factually Judas kicked Jesus's ass in that movie as far as talent.
Today as an adult- I am also an agnostic. A stance that most people see to be rather wishy washy. I am not so far reaching to say I am an atheist...I will never be one to call myself a GOD believer. I am on the fence. I like to call myself open-minded- and as an open minded person I must admit that I think of myself as far superior than those who think of themselves as superior for picking a side.
I surround myself with believers and non-believers- but the one thing all of them have in common- is they question...and they treat people with kindness...for the most part. I really don't care what you believe as long as your core belief is that you respect our lands...and try to follow some kind of belief system that isn't harmful of others or future generations.
Yup- I am a dirty non-believing, non-God fearing environmentalist.
My beliefs are that most religions are stemmed from crazy people- and if you are a radical believer who takes logic out of the equation- then I don't really have any respect for you...as I am sure you have no respect for me.
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Scientology is at the tippity top of my list. Those who have gone off in their own direction and practice their own form of Scientology need not fear my hatred. I have so much respect for those that can't abide by the fundamental aspects of their religions that made them horrid in the first place.
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...but I have no respect for those who cling to their belief system when it is harmful, and clueless, and dangerous...when it splits apart families, when it ignores logic and when when bullies or men are only in the top tier.
In fact..for the most part I don't really acknowledge Scientology as a real religion. I think that they pushed their way into the mainstream by blackmail tactics and have no place in modern society. The fact that they get tax breaks I think of as a joke. I think of them as a cult. Branches that have cut off ties with mainstream Scientology- I have respect for...the ones that stick to a core base that believes in what is good and pure- regardless of the fact that its founder was a crazy person. The Ron Miscaviges of the bunch that benefit financially and carry it beyond reason...not so much.
There is good and bad for every religion...There are judgmental hypocrites that say they believe in good...but live their lives anything but...
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...and there are the ones that regardless of what they believe- live their lives with dignity and goodness that you can stand behind and respect even if you don't actually believe in the same things....
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After reading GOING CLEAR- you will see how the Church of Scientology is full of hypocrites and corruption and evil doers just like allllllllllllllll "religions" are... it is no different...but the dangers of believing in something so much that you lose the ability to think for yourself and form logical conclusions of the world as a whole are exactly the same....more
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