Religion is a tough concept for me to grasp.

[Jeannie]

Hi Ladies
Humans have many belief systems and that's fine. I was raised Catholic and always had doubts about all the stories I heard. I stopped going to church but at least I still always feel quilty. There really is no reason to attend church and be good. On my death bed I'll confess to a priest and i'm in! It's just like the United States government. You are rewarded for bad behavior. Sweet!
Almost all religions are based on miracles and men "talking with God" and writing all the Holy books. Why is it that all the miracles only happened thousands of years ago?
Moses was up on Mount Sinai herding some sheep and minding his own business when an angel appears in a burning bush and God gives him the ten commandents.Maybe it's just me but having hallucinations and hearing voices is called Paranoid Schizoprenia these days.Definition:

"Hear or see things that are not there (hallucinations)
Feel as if they are being watched (paranoia)
Experience a change in self-care or personal appearance
Feel angry or fearful towards loved ones
Act in ways that are strange or out of place
Develop strange or unusual beliefs"

Not to be outdone, Jesus was sitting on a hillside and pulls enough bread and fish out his basket to feed 5000 people. I wish I had that basket!
Oh! Silly me! There is one religion that got a start in the early 1800s with a pretty good miracle. It was Joseph Smith Jr., a farmer in Vermont who started the Mormon faith in 1830. In 1827 he said some angels showed him golden plates describing a visit from Jesus. That blew Adam and Eve and the talking snake right out of the water. It is just me girls? Hugs.

Love
Auntie Jeannie the damned

PS. As for the burning bush just two words. Brush fire. It happens. Hey CJ. Correct me if i'm wrong. Is this thinking called"Willing suspension of disbelief"?
If any good Christians get upset then just forgive me. I can't lose CJ!

[Jennifer M]

One of those ten commandments states"thou shall not kill".I have read the bible even though I am not religous.What bothers me most is that God does a lot of killing in there or it is done in his name.Do as we say ,not as we do.Sounds like a politician to me.

[CJ]

Heh. On the other hand, Jeannie, what infallible assurance can you give me that the sun will rise tomorrow? None. Welcome to the Problem of Induction.

We all believe something, don't we?

Also, you should know better, Auntie Jeannie, than to diss religion outside of Hot Topics.

Love you anyways,
CJ

[Virginia]

Yes, we all have to believe in something, even agnostics. I guess believing in nothing is believing in something.

I believe in something, I believe I will scurry off to the fridge for another!?

Virginia

[SilverLady(SO)]

Just a word to the wise, ladies:

Keep any responses civil, no name calling, no converting, don't start any debates, and don't start quoting scripture, either.

Keep the responses light-hearted and in the same 'poking fun' vein as Auntie Jeannie started . . . or this thread will be moved to Hot Topics.


(Hugs)

- SL

[Jeannie]

Hi CJ
I just find the stories of all religions funny. I mean no disrespect. If you really think about them they make no sense.
By the way. Where the heck is Hot Topics? I can't find it! I smell a conspiracy!
On a lighter note,you have some gorgeous stems Babycakes. Hubba hubba! I have to go out and shovel the front sidewalk again. The city snowplow buries it every half hour. It's 6 degrees with a wind chill of 0.
Marley is frozen to the deck again. I have to boil some water and get him off.Hugs.

Love
Auntie Jeannie

[Merinda]

My father is a staunch Athiest ,

He says religion is a load of bulls@#^* , there is no after-life and he cant see how anyone could believe in it.

He then adds (spoken in a soft tone)

Err! , but I hope they're right and I'm wrong

[DeeDee]

Jeannie, Jeannie
In the bible according to Mel Brooks, there were 15 commandments.....Moses kinda dropped the last tablet and it shattered. Rumor has it the 15th commandment said "Awww, I was just being silly girls, disregard the earlier stuff, just be nice, enjoy what I gave you and don't hurt anything". Ok, so I'm a lapsed Catholic also and feel real guity about posting this (waiting for a nun to burst through the door with the "Knuckle ruler" now). So, take care, stay outta church 'cause the roof might fall down, and keep posting "life according to Jeannie".
Hugs
DeeDee

[Absaroka]

It all reminds me of a song by Laura Nyro:

I'll swear that there's no heaven but I pray that there's no hell.

I try to follow the commandment of do unto others as I would have them do unto me. Worst case is I live a moral life and when I die I'm gone. I'm not convinced that if any of the aspects of God described in any of the organized religions came to Earth that they would be pleased with any of the religions.

Absaroka

[Jeannie]

Hi Dee Dee
If I post my " Jesus Chronicals" i'll get crucified. It's the minutes from the Apostles Social Club meeting where they came up with the Son of God idea. I'll give you an excerpt

Paul.... Ok. Who wants to volunteer?
Thomas.... I doubt if this is going to fly and it could be dangerous. Count me out. The Jews will not be happy with this one. You would have to be crazy to do this.

There is a pause and they all look at each other and say"Jesus!"
Peter... By the way where is he tonight?
John.... He had to stay home and clean the house for his wife. You know how those trannies are.
Judas... We have to do something about his name. Jesus Hyman Roth is not going to cut the mustard. Christ! What should we call him?

Peter.... Thats it! Jesus Christ that's perfect!

I better go now Dee Dee. I'm in enough trouble as it is. Hugs.


Love
Auntie Jeannie

[Amelie-Laveau]

As Virginia said, we all have our beliefs in something,, me,, I believe that this world is hell and that one day when I die I'll go somewhere better. Or maybe I'm wrong maybe I'll die and be reincarnated back to this hell.

[Absaroka]

Being from Waterbury when you mentioned the Apostle's I immediately thought you were referring to the Apostles M.C. Although they haven't been around in quite a while.

Absaroka

[Michelle Miller]

I don't have that much of a problem with religion, not nearly as much as I used to. I look at it this way, if believing in a higher power makes you a better person, more power to you. Put the better person you are because of it to good use and help others and all that jazz. I'm not that fussed over the little details, ceremonies and other stuff of a religion I don't want a part of, but if there's fine print you're overlooking, then I'm probably not paying attention to it either. It's not my place to tell someone they're wrong for believing any more than it's their place to tell me I'm wrong for not believing. Live and let live, I think it's called.

What I really have a problem with is wacko extremist nutjobs that use/hide behind religion to spread hate, intolerance, bigotry, fear & racism. The same ones that bomb abortion clinics, protest at dead soldiers' funerals, hijack planes, kill, maim, disfigure and thousands of other things like that, under the banner of "(insert deity of your choice here) said for me to hate/kill/hurt you because you're wrong and I'm right!"

Of course, with most of them, the door-to-door types, all you usually need to do is answer the door in drag...I haven't seen a Jehovah's Witness on my doorstep in close to a decade thanks to Michelle inviting them in for tea. They must all talk to one another.

[Kay]

Of course, with most of them, the door-to-door types, all you usually need to do is answer the door in drag...I haven't seen a Jehovah's Witness on my doorstep in close to a decade thanks to Michelle inviting them in for tea. They must all talk to one another.

[Leeza]

Your life tells me more about what you believe than all the words you speak.

That is a paraphrase from something my Mother told me when I was a teenager and I have found it very true.

Leeza