I read this on a friend's status on Facebook. I'm not religious but it was an interesting read so I'll leave it here without further comment.
"I once heard an interview wherein a professor got asked about his thoughts on gay love. He said that sex and love, as he saw it, was such a fundamental aspect of life- that to deny a person his/her freedom to express his/her love was to deny his/her humanity. I'm not that politically aware, and I'm not that well-read...but I thought things like these were just common sense. I saw a christian post up a status about how he was happy that gays would not be able to marry under Tony Abbott. I don't know if I have much of an opinion- but I felt that as a matter of conscience I had a duty to humanity to try and fight for what I thought was right. I hope those same people see this status.
I just think it's instances like these that Christianity really seems to border on extremism. Over the years Christians have fought a multitude of wars which in their own light can be considered wrong. The Crusades was an open genocide against Muslims (amongst pagans and "heretics") and multiple wars I think have also occurred between protestants and Catholics. Hitler even manipulated the bible to create what I believe was called "religious positivism" which he used to glorify himself as the "chosen messiah of god" and which he also used to justify the notion of a "master race" and his "final resolution". I've seen quotes wherein George W. Bush has justified war through the advent of Christianity- wars which resulted in "Green Zones" where there are more military contractors than there are soldiers, and where organizations like Halliburton make billions of dollars at the expense of blood and death (so much for democracy eh?).So many injustices have been committed on behalf of Christianity and the religion as I see it is itself is divided at least to some extent. All of these events originated out of the misinterpretations of a few religious/ political royalty. What people don't realise is that even as religious texts are preserved and recorded with the utmost care- common sense when interpreting these things ought to be a fucking pre-requisite. I think it's just the highest level of hipocracy when you chose to ignore the division and misinterpretations that have erupted from your own religion- when you use it to rebutt the obviously well thought out consciences of other people. I respect Christianity and I have nothing against the bible...but god I hate the ignorant fucks who misinterpret.
God is an infinite being with infinite knowledge. I would have thought that the way you connect with a being like that is by opening your mind to diversity and by embracing rather than discriminating. I suppose that's my opinion. People don't have to agree with it- but I hope at least they can't deny that there's some fruit to this argument."