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Feb. 26th, 2004 07:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vicarz"I hate religion." That's a blanket statement, one that's not 100% accurate or a good summation of my views, but like any stereotype it's a functional place to start.
Evolution:
I hate religious people. I hate religious people from some religions. I hate some religious people from some religions. I hate those people that push their religious views on me that I don't agree with. I have learned to expect a certain predictable series of behaviors from people who push their views on me. While I have learned to expect a certain predictable series of behaviors from people who push their religions on me, this does not mean that I close them off based on that knowledge, but it does mean that I am wary of them until I know them better and understand what their particular manifestation of religion will be.
I hate religion. I hate people that practice religion. I hate people that practice mainstream religion. I hate people that practice mainstream religion without really thinking about it. I hate people that practice mainstream religions selectively with portions that are incompatible with my world views. I hate people that are trying to make my life difficult. I defend against people perceive as attacking me.
Sorry but the blanket statements are easier, and frankly they do two things for me:
1) Separate the wheat from the chaff. It turns out by ranting like a jerk every so often, I avoid a lot of sensitive blow-ups with friends by getting rid of people who would be likely to be hurt my an off-hand comment long before we get close.
2) Makes me feel better. Yes, shocker here but I'm not perfect. I feel like I'm under siege, and ranting about what jerks my perceived enemies are makes me feel better, same idiotic type of behaivor the right wing does. I'm not perfect, trying to improve a tad, but I do still engage in some immature behaviors which do hurt people that don't deserve it. It's something I'm working on, but until I'm 100% healthy or anal-retentive enough to think through every possible consequence of all my exhibited behaviors, it'll probably recur.
Of course I find it ugly when people do things they know are wrong, then say thins like 'you shouldn't be so thin-skinned' when it hurts people rather than stopping, or "That's just the way I am." Hmm.
I am really sick of this damn movie. The news this morning was full of people FAKING their super deep reactions, 'oh my it was so much love - the violence was totally appropriate'...ugh. The whole front pew was out shouting about how christ touched them with popcorn. Get the t-shirt. I wonder how many people that were hogging the camera to show off how 'touched' they were by the film of Mel's christ go to church. I wonder how many give to the poor, work for charities, or do anything but give lip service to their beliefs. I wonder how many are actively fighting those filthy queers while they coast into heaven by not doing things.
Hey - this is LJ, where the weak and whiny come to dine. "More self-indulgent tripe?" "Why yes, thank you. Try some of this!"
Evolution:
I hate religious people. I hate religious people from some religions. I hate some religious people from some religions. I hate those people that push their religious views on me that I don't agree with. I have learned to expect a certain predictable series of behaviors from people who push their views on me. While I have learned to expect a certain predictable series of behaviors from people who push their religions on me, this does not mean that I close them off based on that knowledge, but it does mean that I am wary of them until I know them better and understand what their particular manifestation of religion will be.
I hate religion. I hate people that practice religion. I hate people that practice mainstream religion. I hate people that practice mainstream religion without really thinking about it. I hate people that practice mainstream religions selectively with portions that are incompatible with my world views. I hate people that are trying to make my life difficult. I defend against people perceive as attacking me.
Sorry but the blanket statements are easier, and frankly they do two things for me:
1) Separate the wheat from the chaff. It turns out by ranting like a jerk every so often, I avoid a lot of sensitive blow-ups with friends by getting rid of people who would be likely to be hurt my an off-hand comment long before we get close.
2) Makes me feel better. Yes, shocker here but I'm not perfect. I feel like I'm under siege, and ranting about what jerks my perceived enemies are makes me feel better, same idiotic type of behaivor the right wing does. I'm not perfect, trying to improve a tad, but I do still engage in some immature behaviors which do hurt people that don't deserve it. It's something I'm working on, but until I'm 100% healthy or anal-retentive enough to think through every possible consequence of all my exhibited behaviors, it'll probably recur.
Of course I find it ugly when people do things they know are wrong, then say thins like 'you shouldn't be so thin-skinned' when it hurts people rather than stopping, or "That's just the way I am." Hmm.
I am really sick of this damn movie. The news this morning was full of people FAKING their super deep reactions, 'oh my it was so much love - the violence was totally appropriate'...ugh. The whole front pew was out shouting about how christ touched them with popcorn. Get the t-shirt. I wonder how many people that were hogging the camera to show off how 'touched' they were by the film of Mel's christ go to church. I wonder how many give to the poor, work for charities, or do anything but give lip service to their beliefs. I wonder how many are actively fighting those filthy queers while they coast into heaven by not doing things.
Hey - this is LJ, where the weak and whiny come to dine. "More self-indulgent tripe?" "Why yes, thank you. Try some of this!"
