supernova_smash
Registered Senior Member
I go to a Catholic school (and no, I've never been molested). Recently one of my teachers read a prayer with this line in it:
"We pray for the end of all things that kill life: Hunger, poverty, oppression, individualism , et cetera..."
Now why on Earth (MY god) would we pray for the death of individuality? I think this is going a bit far huh? The thing I love about Christians is that they usually make the atheists job easier by constantly making themselves look like fools. Further example. Our teacher got philosophical one class and tried to tell us how the Holy Spirit (HS) is in everything. She said:
"Everywhere, everything is alive with the spirit, even in things like rocks. Scientists are now breaking them up and noticing that at a very, very tiny level, they seem to quiver back and forth. The only thing that can explain this is the Holy Spirit. The spirit is in the rocks and its causing them to shake with God."
Well she's convinced me that the atomic theory is incorrect.
Today was even funnier. We talked about Oscar Romero (an El Salvadoran bishop) and the Commies. She said that communism was bad because it revolved around the principal of killing civilians. She said it was communism doctrine to take away people's Right to Religion and Freedom of Speech. She said communism was evil and we had to thank the HS for giving Oscar Romero the courage to fight back. Now, i'm thinking the Holy Spirit didn't do it alone. From what I know, Romero was pretty heavily influenced by the US, who apparently hates communism. Then the teacher pointed at a class mate of mine and in a shaky voice, while shakily waving her finger, said:
"If the Communists hear you speaking out against them, they will take you to the garbage dump and shoot you."
Now that just made my day. The look on her face was pure terror, as if she was condemned to hell. Priceless.
What I'm getting at here is that IGNORANCE seems to be a personal trait of most X-tians, at least ones I've met. Could it be that the very basis of their faith is founded on this quality?
And I realize my teacher is a fanatic. I can just picture Osama saying "I think you need to tone it down just a little, you're getting carried away."
"We pray for the end of all things that kill life: Hunger, poverty, oppression, individualism , et cetera..."
Now why on Earth (MY god) would we pray for the death of individuality? I think this is going a bit far huh? The thing I love about Christians is that they usually make the atheists job easier by constantly making themselves look like fools. Further example. Our teacher got philosophical one class and tried to tell us how the Holy Spirit (HS) is in everything. She said:
"Everywhere, everything is alive with the spirit, even in things like rocks. Scientists are now breaking them up and noticing that at a very, very tiny level, they seem to quiver back and forth. The only thing that can explain this is the Holy Spirit. The spirit is in the rocks and its causing them to shake with God."
Well she's convinced me that the atomic theory is incorrect.
Today was even funnier. We talked about Oscar Romero (an El Salvadoran bishop) and the Commies. She said that communism was bad because it revolved around the principal of killing civilians. She said it was communism doctrine to take away people's Right to Religion and Freedom of Speech. She said communism was evil and we had to thank the HS for giving Oscar Romero the courage to fight back. Now, i'm thinking the Holy Spirit didn't do it alone. From what I know, Romero was pretty heavily influenced by the US, who apparently hates communism. Then the teacher pointed at a class mate of mine and in a shaky voice, while shakily waving her finger, said:
"If the Communists hear you speaking out against them, they will take you to the garbage dump and shoot you."
Now that just made my day. The look on her face was pure terror, as if she was condemned to hell. Priceless.
What I'm getting at here is that IGNORANCE seems to be a personal trait of most X-tians, at least ones I've met. Could it be that the very basis of their faith is founded on this quality?
And I realize my teacher is a fanatic. I can just picture Osama saying "I think you need to tone it down just a little, you're getting carried away."