But it only makes sense to them because they haven't really looked at it objectively. And if that's all it was I'd be fine with it. If it was only people believing in a beautiful afterlife for themselves then I could care less if it makes any sense or not. But that's not all it is. Their beliefs affect my life. They affect the lives of millions of children all around the world. And they do so in a negative way.
I know that this is mostly a bullshit argument on my part, but most of you people can't really know what it's like to live through actual religious persecution. I lived it. I was beaten, literally and figuratively, by my mother, my classmates, and other adults at the church for years. I used to contemplate suicide as a child, and I don't mean the "mopey douchebag" kind of suicide contemplation. I mean the "how the fuck do I get out of this" type of contemplation. Religion is the greatest evil that this planet has ever seen because it gives the people who adhere to it the idea that they are just. The only way to combat it is to educate people.
__________________
My bowels hurt.
|