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People on the internet are not real.
Does that mean you aren't real?
*Poof.*
Hmmm...momma wirthling, momma wirthling, momma_wirthling.
If you're a christian, you need to believe in the whole bible. Otherwise you're just fooling yourself and form fitting the christian god to your own image. A byproduct of the whole "infallibility" thing. If you believe the bible, be a christian. If you don't, then don't. You can't believe in one and not the other since it was the bible that taught you christianity.
I think popular culture is very derisive towards christians and doesn't respect them too much. I had originally thought this was due to the smugness and hypocrisy of an "open-minded" society, but I've sinced convinced myself otherwise.
You see, in order to "respect" a fundamental christian, you really have to refrain from vulgarity and off-color humor. Christians in general consider these off-putting and contrary to the "clean" life their god would have them live. Having once been an extremely devout christian, I understand this concept and its consequences well. If the christian doesn't leave the situation, (which would probably be the best choice) there are two possible christian reactions: 1. as a christian you ask people to stop their "unclean" behavior, or 2. you stick around and adopt an "I'll show the sinners the correct way" attitude. (There are shades of grey of course, but I'm talking about the fundamental christians. The ones who try to follow the christian letter of the law.)
"I'll show the sinners the correct way" leads to pretense, false behavior, and no real relationships. Whereas asking people to stop their unclean behavior, although the way in which a christian feels he is being respected, is really just censoring other people.
So, in short, I no longer believe that it's a smug society that disrespects fundamental christians, but rather a society sick of a christian self-respect mechanism that essentially disrespects others by censoring them.
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I ate a hooker half a bottle of knife.
