Senor_Mota

WHOA, WHOA, Whoa, guys!! We (the Logical people of this forum) know that you can't gather a group of "clerics" to fight demons from beyond the bowels of hell - that's just preposterous. It sounds like a poorly-written Dungeon Master's attempt at sparking everyone's interest back into his Netheril campaign.

Most of you have lost sight of what's really important about believing in "God" (which ever "God" you worship) - your own personal salvation. They didn't coin the term 3000 years ago with the formation of Old English because they thought it sounded good. It simply means that by the power of your own will, your own hand, not "God's", you will save yourself from hell - Liberate Te Ex Infernis, as the Greeks put it.

This humble and singular phrase can not only keep your soul in check, but can erase the convolution and contempt that others hold for you when it comes to the worship of "God". The whole reason why organized religion doesn't truly represent divine worship is because it almost always becomes a social inclination - the poor people are poor because "their faith isn't strong enough". Rather than realizing that everyone has their place on this Earth being "a ditch-digger or a doctor", they simply present their financial desperation as blasphemy and that family becomes alienated, hardened and religiously ambiguous - all from one sour misinterpretation of faith.

Had the rich and "faithful" members of the clergy realized that the father of the family had just lost his job, had three kids to feed and a mountain of bills to climb before he could start paying them, they would have known that serving others in need is just another step towards personal salvation. That family would have stayed in church, the father wouldn't have become an alcoholic and subsequently lost his wife and kids to the embittered feelings of contempt that the "Righteous" members of the congregation projected towards them once long ago.

A life ruined, a soul shattered - for not only was the father not strong enough to defy the nay-saying that his pompous peers slung hatefully at him, but his peers had an undefined and distant state of being in touch with "God". Who are you to judge the judges? No one should fall into the "judged" category unless it's under legal representation.

The fact that Christians state that other Christians are wrong, or try to banish another human being to a life of desolation in hell simply based on belief, is just as preposterous as the Dungeon Master thinking that people still want to play D&D Version 2.0. Objectifying another's faith is a trait that "God" doesn't truly approve of - especially if you read the Bible.

This verse is in reference to Jesus being the Christ and Savior of humanity. The Jews persecuted and stoned him for claiming to believe in what he knew was true, calling him a "blasphemer" and "liar". Even Jesus had to deal with being wrong. But as the example shows, you have to endure a great deal of hardship and suffering to prove your point; and it was obviously prevalent enough due to about 25% percent of the population of Earth becoming Christian after Christ's death 2000 years ago. He didn't bitch when it got rough - he just kept spreading his word and worried about his own hide until the end.

The very cornerstone of Christian beliefs indicate that service of man and righteousness for the Lord are the keys to returning to God's presence; yet many of you spend more time making sure everyone else is doing "the right thing" and judging others who aren't "faithful". A good word of advice - Why don't you mind your own f*cking business and worry about yourself and the ones that you love? Really, they're the matter at hand - the less attention you pay to them and yourself, the less attention they'll pay to you and your skewed perception.

If you really want true happiness and warmth in your life, worry about your own personal salvation. Judge ye not, lest ye be judged.

And I'm not even a Christian.

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