Ok, I was reading this other webjournal and I got thinking about religion and the whole 'IF THOU ARNT CHRISTAIN THOU WILL BURN IN HELL' thing. She was writing about this new gospel that has been translated. I recall it last week but never really thought about it except to think 'Christianity is stupid'. Now, I don't beleive in religion. I beleive in God and heaven and hell and that if you've led a good life helping others then you'll get into heaven. Jesus and the 'virgin' Mary I believe existed but I won't tell you my veiws on him cause it'll probably lead to a few hate messages.

Anyway, I don't understand this whole organised religion thing. I don't have so many issues with Islam, Judaism, buddhism, sihkism etc more that I have an issue with Christanity. It seems to me that Christianity are just striving to be something like the society in George Orwell's 1984. If someone doesn't fit into what they think first you try and convert them. If they dont accept god into their hearts then they must be gotten rid of. What kind of attitude is this. And then there are all their different 'equality' attitudes. The Bible said that it's Eves fault for eating the apple from the forbidden tree of knowledge, therefore women are at fault...And then they turn around and say that there is 'equality' between men and women. Firstly, where was this equality for, oh, say ...2000 years? and how can a religion be equal if they pin the original sin on the woman? According to one of my friends he says that it wasn't her fault but the way i read the bible they pin everything on Eve. The old testament i believe did happen and is relitively accurate so i'll leave it at that but the New testament...that gives me beef. It was written in like 200/300 AD...so how can anyone truly beleive that it was accurate? The people who wrote it weren't at Christ's side.

Arg, I'm getting too frustrated, i can't carry on rant. It's the narrow mindedness of some religious people that really gets to me. A really good friend of mine is a hard-core Muslim but she always let me argue my own beliefs and she'd accept it, sometimes argue good points sometimes agree with me. I try the same thing at my mum's church when i try and go and all I get as a reply is 'You haven't accepted christ into you heart'...........What kind of answer is that to a question? Or it's 'In the bible it says...' I don't care what the bible says to be honest. It seems to me that Christianity doesn't seem to want to make allowances. I go out to Africa to help people, I do loads of volunteer work in the community, i give loads to charity and yet, according to my mum's pastor, I'm going to hell, not cause i'm a bad person but because I'm not christian! Fair? I think not! What is the point of religion! pah!

Again, I know others may have other veiws and I accept that, if you want to argue go for it, but dont try and force your veiws on me, i've heard them all before. I'm up for an argument with anyone as long as you wont take offence to it.