Ugh I fucking hate Christianity

Really? Their oppression of homosexuality has nothing to do with religion? I mean, why pick on islam, when by and large the vast majority of islamic countries are peaceful pleasant places? The bible specifically preaches the slaughtering of non-believers, I really don't see how its different

I suppose they rape and pillage and commit genocide because the bible tells them too? Look, there are good Christians and there are down right heinous ones, but that doesn't make the religion as a whole "evil". Also, Jesus never said anything about "slaughtering nonbelievers". I realize how the old testament was and what was said, but many of those things did not transition. If anything, Jesus hated profiting in the name of religion (Think about how he reacted to the money changers in the temple.). There was but one law left for man, to love your neighbor as yourself, for if you follow that, you will follow the rest by default. Now, I don't consider myself to be Christian, but I've seen plenty of good as well as bad in the name of religion, Christian or otherwise. Oh, and about the crusades...Do you really think it had nothing to do with wealth/power and was strictly to spread the word? Ragna, Why the "uncivilized black countries" comment? I may be reading more into that than need be, but I suspect you're implying more than just uncivilized people are the problem.

Jesus is here to turn everyone against one another: Matthew 10:34-36 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35For I have come to turn “ ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— 36a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household." - Jesus and All the old testament rules still apply: Matthew 5:17-20 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven." - Jesus now tell me I've taken it out of context, because Christianity is somehow special and is the only one where the lines in their holy book that condemn people to the torch don't apply. Go on, be the teacher of the law. What problems do you have with Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Turkey, UAE, Albania, ...

That's definitely not what it says in the black and white. The earth's still here, not one stroke of a pen of the old testament rules have been gotten rid of. I don't say its all rotten. The stuff about treating other people nice is great. Other religions have that stuff too. Now if we could get rid of all the lies and hate in them, that'd be fine. Treat other people right. Not because of divine retribution in some afterlife that may or may not exist, but because you just shouldn't be a horrible person. No, but then I've never been to a 'peaceful' christian nation either. Ok, that's a lie, I've been to Canada a few times, they've got a good thing going.

MFW the thread has become a shouting match over the last few pages: http://i.imgur.com/RX78pPq.png This is gloriously funny. Every thread I make that turns into this is, though. Its like I just have to water and grow it long enough and then it does its own thing.

Shouting match? This pointless thread is hardly what I'd call a "shouting match". You clearly wanted to stir the pot, you got four people to actually give enough of a damn to respond, but it's funny...Yeah, I suppose it is. I just wonder where the joke is? (I know who, but where seems to elude.)