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I come from a very religious family and go to a christian school.
We talked about God all the time in classes and mostly good things.
God is all about love, forgiving, a way of life.

The thing is, that we were only being tought just chosen quotes and not the hole thing.

I bumped across this site that has all those particular stuff chosen from The Bible, The Old and New Testament and I found out crazy evil stuff inside there.Horrible stuff. Of course I am not gonna argue with my parents, let them think whatever OR my friends.

This has really been a life changing experience for me, something really mind opening and a new way of life free out of human stupidity.

Stupidity that tells you "Dont be evil cause you ll burn in hell", when it should actually be more like "Dont be evil cause you shouldn t be".
Or sayings against premarital sex or "Smoking sends you to hell" and that drinking is evil.
I get drunk like twice a year, and dont feel the need to drink more and more. And by drunk I mean a little bit tipsy.
Or why is oral sex evil and immoral? What harm does it do?Its been a while since I found joy in both giving and receiving it lol...

In case you were wondering, this is the site
http://www.truechristian.com/confessionboothx.html.

It talks about, slavery, in breeds (Lot) and put things in a way new perspective.

I have validated the facts from the bible.All it takes is make a little extra reading from what they tell you to read in school.And you are free to find out for yourself.

Of course I am not going to turn Muslim, the Allah religion is way more obscene and violent.
But I do believe in soul and one true god.
I also do believe in Jesus as an historical figure and share the same philosophy. All the good things he said.

But priests, school, religious people and books written by people, rules build by people (for instance oral sex.drinking,smoking) are violating Jesus work and the real Gods work.

No I dont expect Jesus to be smoking, but he was a human and a God. And there is no need for some being to expect from us to not be doing those stuff if that greater being gave us the present of life in the first place.

Do you suppose there is another sub christian party that works according to my beliefs? Of course I dont mean a church where people get drunk or something, but a church that celebrates life just as God intented instead of looking forward to death.

I'm pretty sure that the person on that website was not entirely factual and or sane. Some of the stuff that I read there was very non Christian, for example, laughing over atheists burning in hell and calling them homosexuals and communists. I'm fairly sure that not all atheists are both of those things.

First of all, remember that everyone who is religious looks at religion a little differently. For example, the man who created that website may believe things that you do not believe. That is okay, even within a religion. Sure, the Pope is a world leader for Catholics, but that doesn't mean that everyone who is Catholic agrees with everything that he says, or even that the majority of Catholics do. No matter what religion you are part of, you will probably agree and disagree with certain things. This doesn't mean that you need to give up religion altogether, as it's perfectly alright to have your own individual interpretations. The man who created that website had viewpoints that very very many Christians would disagree with. The fact that there are people like him out there does not mean that Christianity is like that or bad, it just means that he has a certain way of believing in God, and that you have your own.

Second of all, "the Allah religion", Islam, isn't inherently obscene or violent. There are a few extremists that make it that way and that don't represent what Islam stands for, just as that website does not represent what Christianity stands for.

So back to the bible. Yes, there are many things in there that are not taught in schools and as part of the Christian religion. The reason for this is that Jesus, several times in the Bible criticized the Pharisees, religious leaders at the time, for paying so much attention to specific rules in the Old Testament that they forgot the main messages, which were to love the Lord with all your heart, soul, and mind, and to love your neighbour as you love yourself. In fact, Jesus actually went against teachings in the Old Testament, for example, as a lady who had committed adultery was about to be stoned according to a law made by Moses, he stopped the stoning famously by asking whoever had not ever sinned to cast the first stone (though I'm sure you've already heard of that story). It is generally thought that, yes, the rules in the Old Testament were important thousands of years ago, but today they are less important and it is more important to look at the philosophy that was Jesus' teachings.

Generally, the books of the Bible are extremely contradictory. In genesis, it mentions there being several gods, whereas in other parts of the bible is says that the Lord is a jealous God (implying that there might be other gods), and yet there are also multiple instances where it is written that God is the only god. A good way to look at the Bible is that different things were written at different times and in different societies. Genesis, for example, can be looked at as a very metaphorical book. Some do believe that the world was created in seven days, however, another way to look at it might be that it had to be explained that way, using days instead of however many years, because the concept of days is easier for a simple shepherd living thousands of years ago to understand.

I'm not entirely sure which sect of Christianity, or which religion in general is right for you. A good idea, to discover this, would to be shop around by sitting in various congregations to see what you like best. It's also important to find a community that you will feel a part of. Find friends with different religions (people not from your school that you know? People from school that celebrate a slightly different version of Christianity? and ask if you can worship with them, or think about what you personally believe in on your own.

For the record, I'm fairly sure that most Christian religions do celebrate life. In the New Testament, at least, there are multiple accounts where it is written/ said by Jesus that God is the Lord of light, not death. If you really feel a connection with the basic Christian philosophy, you shouldn't be so quick to dismiss the good you have gotten from being religious because someone may interpret what is in the Bible differently. At the same time, looking around to see what else is out there is not a bad thing, either.

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(Rating: 5) Thank you so much for your reply.
I do accept and agree with Jesus philosophy.
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